PLC Paper No. LS 128

Paper for the House Committee Meeting
of the Provisional Legislative Council
on 27 March 1998

Legal Service Division Report on
Subsidiary Legislation Gazetted on 20 March 1998

Date of Tabling in Provisional LegCo	:	25 March 1998
Amendment to be made by	:	second meeting of the First LegCo (or the third meeting of the First LegCo if extended by resolution)

Banking Ordinance (Cap. 155)
Banking Ordinance (Declaration under Section 2(14)(d)) (No. 3) Notice 1997 (Amendment) Notice 1998 (L.N. 191)

This Amendment Notice amends the Banking Ordinance (Declaration under Section 2(14)(d)) (No. 3) Notice 1997 (L.N. 617 of 1997) ("the Original Notice") so that the Original Notice shall expire on 26 June 1999.

The Original Notice declares the common stored value tickets issued by the Mass Transit Railway Corporation are not stored value cards for the purposes of the definition of "multi-purpose card" in the Banking Ordinance (Cap. 155). Under the Banking (Amendment) Ordinance 1997 (4 of 1997), no person shall issue or facilitate the issue of a multi-purpose card except an approved authorized institution. The effect of the Original Notice is to exempt the common stored value tickets from the approval requirements until 26 June 1998. The Amendment Notice extends this exemption for a period of one year.

Members may refer to the PLC Brief File Ref. G4/16C issued by the Financial Services Bureau dated 19 March 1998 for background information.

Interpretation and General Clauses Ordinance (Cap. 1)
Declaration of Change of Title (Secretary for Broadcasting, Culture and Sport) Notice 1998 (L.N. 192)

By this Notice, the title of the Secretary for Broadcasting, Culture and Sport is declared to be changed to the Secretary for Information Technology and Broadcasting. The Notice will come into operation on 9 April 1998.

Consequential amendments of reference of that title are made to specific enactments relating to broadcasting and generally to any instrument, contract or legal proceedings made or commenced before the date on which the Notice takes effect. Members may refer to PLC Brief File Ref. BCSB(CR) 1/1/128(98) issued by the Broadcasting, Culture and Sport Bureau dated 18 March 1998 for details of the proposed re-organisation.

Animals and Plants (Protection of Endangered Species) Ordinance (Amendment of Schedules) Notice 1998
Animals and Plants (Protection of Endangered Species) Ordinance (Amendment of Schedules) Notice 1998 (L.N. 69 of 1998) (Commencement) Notice 1998 (L.N. 193)

By this Notice, the Secretary for Economic Services appoints 20 March 1998 as the day on which the Animals and Plants (Protection of Endangered Species) Ordinance (Amendment of Schedules) Notice 1998 (L.N. 69 of 1998) shall come into operation.

The Notice amends the Schedules to the Animals and Plants (Protection of Endangered Species) Ordinance (Cap. 187) to include animals and plants listed in Appendix III of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. A person is required to hold a licence to import, export or possess any species listed.

Prepared by
Wong Sze-man, Bernice
Assistant Legal Adviser
Provisional Legislative Council Secretariat
21 March 1998