Adaptation of Laws (No. 15) Bill 1999

Adapt certain Ordinances to bring them into conformity with the Basic Law and with the status of Hong Kong as a Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China.

Enacted by the Legislative Council.

1. Short title

This Ordinance may be cited as the Adaptation of Laws (No. 15) Ordinance 1999.

2. Commencement

(1) (a) This Ordinance, except as provided in subsection (2), shall be deemed to have come into operation on 1 July 1997.

(b) Paragraph (a) shall be subject to Article 12 of the Hong Kong Bill of Rights set out in Part II of the Hong Kong Bill of Rights Ordinance (Cap. 383).

(2) (a) Sections 39(b)(i), 41(b) and 105(b) of Schedule 6 shall come into operation at the beginning of the day on which this Ordinance is published in the Gazette.

(b) Section 65(b), (c), (d) and (e)(ii) of Schedule 6 shall come into operation on a day to be appointed by the Director of Civil Aviation by notice in the Gazette.

3. Amendment of Ordinances

The Ordinances specified in the Schedules are amended in the manner indicated in those Schedules.

SCHEDULE 1 [s. 3]

Hotel Proprietors Ordinance

1. Section 5(d) of the Hotel Proprietors Ordinance (Cap. 158) is amended by repealing "the Colony" and substituting "Hong Kong".

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SCHEDULE 2 [s. 3]

Civil Aviation (Births, Deaths and Missing Persons) Ordinance

1. Section 2(1) and (8) of the Civil Aviation (Births, Deaths and Missing Persons) Ordinance (Cap. 173) is amended by repealing "Governor" and substituting "Chief Executive".

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SCHEDULE 3 [s. 3]

Hong Kong Tourist Association Ordinance

1. Section 4(f) of the Hong Kong Tourist Association Ordinance (Cap. 302) is amended by repealing "Governor" and substituting "Chief Executive".

2. Section 8(2) is amended, in the proviso, by repealing "Governor" and substituting "Chief Executive".

3. Section 9(1)(a), (b) and (c), (2), (3)(e), (f) and (g), (4), (5) and (6) is amended by repealing "Governor" wherever it appears and substituting "Chief Executive".

4. Section 10 is amended by repealing "Governor" wherever it appears and substituting "Chief Executive".

5. Section 14A is amended---

(a) by repealing "Governor's" and substituting "Chief Executive's";

(b) by repealing "Governor" and substituting "Chief Executive".

6. Section 15 is amended---

(a) by repealing "Governor in Council" and substituting "Chief Executive in Council";

(b) by repealing "Governor" and substituting "Chief Executive".

7. Section 16A(1) is amended by repealing "Governor in Council" and substituting "Chief Executive in Council".

8. Section 17A is amended---

(a) by repealing "Governor" and substituting "Chief Executive";

(b) by repealing "立法局" and substituting "立法會".

9. Section 17B(1), (3), (4), (5), (6) and (7) is amended by repealing "Governor" and substituting "Chief Executive".

10. Section 18 is amended---

(a) in subsection (2), by repealing "Governor" and substituting "Chief Executive";

(b) in subsection (3), by repealing "立法局" and substituting "立法會".

11. Section 19 is amended---

(a) in subsection (1), by repealing "Governor" and substituting "Chief Executive";

(b) in subsection (2), by repealing "立法局" and substituting "立法會".

12. Section 20 is amended by repealing "Governor in Council" and substituting "Chief Executive in Council".

13. Section 26 is amended by repealing "Governor" and substituting "Chief Executive".

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SCHEDULE 4 [s. 3]

Civil Aviation (Aircraft Noise) Ordinance and Its Subsidiary Legislation

Civil Aviation (Aircraft Noise) Ordinance

1. Section 2(1) of the Civil Aviation (Aircraft Noise) Ordinance (Cap. 312) is amended---

(a) in the definition of "aerodrome", by repealing "Government of Hong Kong or in the Governor" and substituting "Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region or in the Chief Executive";

(b) in the definitions of "air traffic manager" and "airport manager", by repealing "or other Crown servant";

(c) in the definition of "the Chicago Convention", by repealing everything after "Convention on International Civil Aviation" and substituting "which, on

7 December 1944, was opened for signature at the International Civil Aviation Conference held at Chicago;".

2. Section 3(1), (2) and (3) is amended by repealing "Governor" and substituting "Chief Executive".

3. Section 9 is amended---

(a) in subsection (1), by repealing "Governor in Council" where it twice appears and substituting "Chief Executive in Council";

(b) in subsection (4), by repealing "Crown" and substituting "State".

Civil Aviation (Aircraft Noise) (Certification) Regulations

4. Regulation 2(2)(b) of the Civil Aviation (Aircraft Noise) (Certification) Regulations (Cap. 312 sub. leg.) is amended by repealing "of the United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority".

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SCHEDULE 5 [s. 3]

Dangerous Goods (Consignment by Air) (Safety) Ordinance and

Its Subsidiary Legislation

Dangerous Goods (Consignment by Air) (Safety) Ordinance

1. Section 2 of the Dangerous Goods (Consignment by Air) (Safety) Ordinance (Cap. 384) is amended, in the definition of "Annex", by repealing everything after "Aviation" and substituting "which, on 7 December 1944, was opened for signature at the International Civil Aviation Conference held at Chicago;".

2. Section 3(1) is amended---

(a) by repealing "Governor in Council" and substituting "Chief Executive in Council";

(b) in paragraph (b), by repealing "Governor" and substituting "Chief Executive".

Dangerous Goods (Consignment by Air) (Safety) Regulations

3. Regulation 8(1) of the Dangerous Goods (Consignment by Air) (Safety) Regulations

(Cap. 384 sub. leg.) is amended by repealing "Governor" and substituting "Chief Executive".

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SCHEDULE 6 [s. 3]

Civil Aviation Ordinance and Its Subsidiary Legislation

Civil Aviation Ordinance

1. Section 2(1) of the Civil Aviation Ordinance (Cap. 448) is amended, in the definition of "aerodrome", in paragraph (b), by repealing "Governor" and substituting "Chief Executive".

2. Section 2A is amended---

(a) in subsection (1), by repealing "Governor in Council" where it twice appears and substituting "Chief Executive in Council";

(b) in subsection (2)---

(i) by repealing "Governor in Council" wherever it appears and substituting "Chief Executive in Council";

(ii) in paragraphs (b), (g), (l), (s), (t), (v), (x) and (y), by repealing "Governor" wherever it appears and substituting "Chief Executive";

(d) in subsection (8), in the definition of "state of emergency", by repealing "Government of Hong Kong" and substituting "Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region".

3. Section 3(1) is amended by repealing "Governor in Council" and substituting "Chief Executive in Council".

4. Section 5(1) is amended by repealing "Governor in Council" and substituting "Chief Executive in Council".

5. Section 6(1) is amended by repealing "Governor in Council" and substituting "Chief Executive in Council".

6. Section 9(2) is amended by repealing "Governor in Council" and substituting "Chief Executive in Council".

7. Section 10(4) is amended---

(a) in paragraph (a), by repealing "Her Majesty by Order in Council" and substituting "the Central People's Government";

(b) in paragraph (b), by repealing "Her Majesty may by Order in Council" and substituting "the Central People's Government may".

8. Section 12 is amended---

(a) in subsection (1), by repealing "Governor in Council" and substituting "Chief Executive in Council";

(b) in subsection (2)---

(i) by repealing "Governor" where it first, thirdly and last appears and substituting "Chief Executive";

(ii) by repealing "Governor in Council" and substituting "Chief Executive in Council".

9. Section 13(5) is amended by repealing "Governor in Council" and substituting "Chief Executive in Council".

10. Section 15(4) is amended by repealing "Governor in Council" where it twice appears and substituting "Chief Executive in Council".

Air Transport (Licensing of Air Services) Regulations

11. Regulation 1 of the Air Transport (Licensing of Air Services) Regulations (Cap. 448 sub. leg.) is amended---

(a) in the definition of "air services arrangements", by repealing "Government of Hong Kong and the Government of the United Kingdom;" and substituting "Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the Central People's Government;";

(b) by repealing the definitions of "Board of Trade" and "Colony";

(c) in the definition of "Convention on International Civil Aviation" and "International Air Services Transit Agreement", by repealing everything after "styled" and substituting "which, on 7 December 1944, were opened for signature at the International Civil Aviation Conference held at Chicago;";

(d) in the definition of "Director of Civil Aviation", by repealing "the Colony" and substituting "Hong Kong".

12. Regulation 3 is amended---

(a) in paragraph (1)---

(i) by repealing "the Colony" where it twice appears and substituting "Hong Kong";

(ii) by repealing subparagraphs (a) and (b) and substituting---

"(a) in the case of an aircraft registered in a country or place other than Hong Kong, an operating permit which has been granted to the operator of the aircraft;

(b) in the case of an aircraft registered in Hong Kong, a licence or provisional licence granted by the Licensing Authority.";

(b) in paragraph (3), by repealing "the Colony" where it twice appears and substituting "Hong Kong".

13. Regulation 4(1), (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6)(a), (b) and (c) is amended by repealing "Governor" wherever it appears and substituting "Chief Executive".

14. Regulation 8 is amended by repealing "Governor" and substituting "Chief Executive".

15. Regulation 20 is amended by repealing "Governor" and substituting "Chief Executive".

16. Regulation 22(1) and (3) is amended by repealing "the Colony" wherever it appears and substituting "Hong Kong".

17. Regulation 23(1) is amended by repealing "the Colony" and substituting "Hong Kong".

18. Regulation 26 is amended by repealing "the Colony" and substituting "Hong Kong".

19. Regulation 32 is repealed.

20. The Schedule is amended---

(a) in Form 1---

(i) in paragraph 3, by adding "or place" after "Country";

(ii) in paragraph 4(b), by repealing "the Colony" and substituting "Hong Kong";

(iii) in the Condition 2, by repealing "(based on the Air Registration Board's (U.K.) requirements)";

(b) in Form 2, in the first paragraph, by repealing "the Colony" where it twice appears and substituting "Hong Kong";

(d) in Form 6, by repealing "the Colony" and substituting "Hong Kong".

Hong Kong Civil Aviation (Investigation of Accidents) Regulations

21. Regulation 5(2)(e) of the Hong Kong Civil Aviation (Investigation of Accidents) Regulations (Cap. 448 sub. leg.) is amended by repealing "Greenwich Mean Time" and substituting

"Co-ordinated Universal Time".

22. Regulation 8(1) is amended by repealing "Governor" and substituting "Chief Executive".

23. Regulation 10(6) is amended by repealing "Governor" and substituting "Chief Executive".

24. Regulation 13(1) is amended by repealing "Governor" and substituting "Chief Executive".

25. Regulation 14(5)(c) and (9) is amended by repealing "Governor" and substituting "Chief Executive".

26. Regulation 15 is amended by repealing "Governor" and substituting "Chief Executive".

27. Regulation 16(1) and (2) is amended by repealing "Governor" wherever it appears and substituting "Chief Executive".

28. Regulation 17(1) and (3) is amended by repealing "Governor" and substituting "Chief Executive".

29. Regulation 18(5) and (6) is amended by repealing "Governor" wherever it appears and substituting "Chief Executive".

30. Regulation 19(1) and (2) is amended by repealing "Governor" and substituting "Chief Executive".

31. Regulation 20 is amended by repealing "country or territory" wherever it appears and substituting "country, territory or place".

32. Regulation 22(1) is amended by repealing "Governor" and substituting "Chief Executive".

Air Navigation (Hong Kong) Order 1995

33. Article 3(1) of the Air Navigation (Hong Kong) Order 1995 (L.N. 561 of 1995) is amended---

(a) by repealing sub-paragraph (a);

(b) in sub-paragraph (c), by repealing "Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom" and substituting "the Central People's Government or the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region".

34. Article 4 is amended---

(a) in paragraphs (1), (2), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11), (12), (13) and (16), by repealing "Governor" wherever it appears and substituting "Chief Executive";

(b) in paragraph (17)---

(i) by repealing "Governor" and substituting "Chief Executive";

(ii) by repealing "Civil Aviation Authority" and substituting "Central People's Government".

35. Article 5(3)(a) is amended by repealing "Governor" and substituting "Chief Executive".

36. Article 6(2) is amended by repealing "Governor" where it twice appears and substituting "Chief Executive".

37. Article 7(1) is amended, in proviso (e), by repealing "Governor" and substituting "Chief Executive".

38. Article 8(1), (2), (3), (5), (6), (7)(a), (b) and (c) and (8) is amended by repealing "Governor" wherever it appears and substituting "Chief Executive".

39. Article 9 is amended---

(a) in paragraph (1)(a), by repealing "Governor" and substituting "Chief Executive";

(b) in paragraph (3)---

(i) in sub-paragraph (a)---

(A) in sub-sub-paragraph (i), by adding "or" at the end;

(B) in sub-sub-paragraph (ii), by repealing "or" at the end;

(ii) in sub-paragraphs (b) and (c), by repealing "Governor" and substituting "Chief Executive";

(iii) in the proviso, by repealing "Governor" and substituting "Chief Executive";

40. Article 10(1), (2), (4) and (5) is amended by repealing "Governor" wherever it appears and substituting "Chief Executive".

41. Article 11 is amended---

(a) in paragraphs (1), (2), (3) and (5), by repealing "Governor" wherever it appears and substituting "Chief Executive";

(b) in paragraph (6)---

(i) in sub-paragraph (a)---

(A) in sub-sub-paragraph (i), by adding "or" at the end;

(B) in sub-sub-paragraph (ii), by repealing "or" at the end;

(ii) in sub-paragraphs (c) and (d), by repealing "Governor" and substituting "Chief Executive".

42. Article 12(1), (3), (4) and (6) is amended by repealing "Governor" wherever it appears and substituting "Chief Executive".

43. Article 13(2), (3), (5)(b) and (7) is amended by repealing "Governor" and substituting "Chief Executive".

44. Article 14(3) and (5) is amended by repealing "Governor" wherever it appears and substituting "Chief Executive".

45. Article 15(1) is amended by repealing "Governor" and substituting "Chief Executive".

46. Article 16(1) and (2) is amended by repealing "Governor" wherever it appears and substituting "Chief Executive".

47. Article 17 is amended by repealing "Governor" where it twice appears and substituting "Chief Executive".

48. Article 18(3), (4)(b), (6), (7) and (8) is amended by repealing "Governor" wherever it appears and substituting "Chief Executive".

49. Article 19 is amended---

(a) in paragraph (1), in proviso (a)(iv) and (b)(ii), by repealing "Governor" and substituting "Chief Executive";

(b) in paragraphs (2)(b), (3), (4)(a) and (9)(b), by repealing "Governor" and substituting "Chief Executive".

50. Article 20(1)(a) and (d), (2), (7)(b), (c) and (d), (8)(b), (9), (10) and (11) is amended by repealing "Governor" wherever it appears and substituting "Chief Executive".

51. Article 21 is amended by repealing "Governor" where it twice appears and substituting "Chief Executive".

52. Article 25(3)(a), (b) and (c) is amended by repealing "Governor" wherever it appears and substituting "Chief Executive".

53. Article 26(3)(a), (b) and (c) is amended by repealing "Governor" wherever it appears and substituting "Chief Executive".

54. Article 28(5) and (6) is amended by repealing "Governor" wherever it appears and substituting "Chief Executive".

55. Article 29(5) and (6) is amended by repealing "Governor" wherever it appears and substituting "Chief Executive".

56. Article 31(1) and (4) is amended by repealing "Governor" wherever it appears and substituting "Chief Executive".

57. Article 34(2)(e)(ii) is amended by repealing "Governor" wherever it appears and substituting "Chief Executive".

58. Article 36(b) and (c) is amended by repealing "Governor" wherever it appears and substituting "Chief Executive".

59. Article 37(2), (4)(b)(ii)(bb), (5) and (6) is amended by repealing "Governor" wherever it appears and substituting "Chief Executive".

60. Article 40(2) is amended, in proviso (f) and (g), by repealing "Governor" and substituting "Chief Executive".

61. Article 41(1), (4) and (5) is amended by repealing "Governor" wherever it appears and substituting "Chief Executive".

62. Article 42(2) and (3) is amended by repealing "Governor" where it twice appears and substituting "Chief Executive".

63. Article 43(1)(a) and (b) is amended by repealing "Governor" and substituting "Chief Executive".

64. Article 44(1) is amended, in the proviso, by repealing "Governor" where it twice appears and substituting "Chief Executive".

65. Article 46 is amended---

(a) in paragraph (2), in proviso (a), by repealing "Governor" and substituting "Chief Executive";

(b) in paragraph (3), by repealing "in capital letters." and substituting "in English in capital letters and
"出口" or "緊急出口" (as the case may be) in Chinese.";

(d) by repealing paragraph (5)(c) and substituting---

"(c) The words "Cut Here in Emergency" in English in capital letters and "緊急切破處" in Chinese
shall be marked across the centre of each break-in area:";

(e) in paragraph (8), in the proviso---

(i) in sub-paragraph (a), by repealing "Governor" and substituting "Chief Executive";

(ii) in sub-paragraph (b)---

(A) by adding "and "出口" " after " "Exit" ";

(B) by adding "and "緊急出口" " after " "Emergency Exit" ";

66. Article 53(2)(b) is amended by repealing "Greenwich Mean Time" and substituting "Co-ordinated Universal Time".

67. Article 54(1)(b) is amended by repealing "Governor" and substituting "Chief Executive".

68. Article 56(b)(ii) is amended by repealing "Governor" and substituting "Chief Executive".

69. Article 62(1), (2) and (4) is amended by repealing "Governor" wherever it appears and substituting "Chief Executive".

70. Article 64(1) and (4) is amended by repealing "Governor" and substituting "Chief Executive".

71. Article 64A(1), (2)(a) and (3) is amended by repealing "Governor" wherever it appears and substituting "Chief Executive".

72. Article 65 is amended---

(a) in paragraph (1), by repealing "Governor" wherever it appears and substituting "Chief Executive";

(b) in paragraph (2)---

(i) by repealing "Governor's" and substituting "Chief Executive's";

(ii) by repealing "Governor" where it twice appears and substituting "Chief Executive";

73. Article 67(b) and (c) is amended by repealing "Governor" wherever it appears and substituting "Chief Executive".

74. Article 68(1), (2) and (3) is amended by repealing "Governor" wherever it appears and substituting "Chief Executive".

75. Article 69(1)(a) is amended---

(a) by repealing "Governor" where it twice appears and substituting "Chief Executive";

(b) in sub-sub-paragraph (bb), by repealing "Government of Hong Kong" and substituting "Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region".

76. Article 70(1) is amended by repealing "Governor" and substituting "Chief Executive".

77. Article 72 is amended by repealing "Governor" and substituting "Chief Executive".

78. Article 73(1), (2), (3), (7)(a) and (b) and (9)(a) and (b) is amended by repealing "Governor" and substituting "Chief Executive".

79. Article 74(1), (2)(a) and (b), (3) and (4) is amended by repealing "Governor" wherever it appears and substituting "Chief Executive".

80. Article 75(1)(b), (3)(a) and (b), (6) and (8) is amended by repealing "Governor" and substituting "Chief Executive".

81. Article 76(1), (2) and (3) is amended by repealing "Governor" wherever it appears and substituting "Chief Executive".

82. Article 79 is amended by repealing "Governor" wherever it appears and substituting "Chief Executive".

83. Article 80(2) and (4) is amended by repealing "Governor" wherever it appears and substituting "Chief Executive".

84. Article 81 is amended by repealing "Governor" where it twice appears and substituting "Chief Executive".

85. Article 82(2) and (3)(b) is amended by repealing "Governor" wherever it appears and substituting "Chief Executive".

86. Article 84(1) is amended---

(a) by repealing "the United Kingdom or";

(b) by repealing "Governor" and substituting "Chief Executive".

87. Article 86(1)(i) and (ii), (2), (3) and (5) is amended by repealing "Governor" wherever it appears and substituting "Chief Executive".

88. Article 87(1), (2), (3) and (4) is amended by repealing "Governor" wherever it appears and substituting "Chief Executive".

89. Article 88 is amended by repealing "Governor" and substituting "Chief Executive".

90. Article 93 is amended by repealing "Governor" and substituting "Chief Executive".

91. Article 95 is amended by repealing "Governor" and substituting "Chief Executive".

92. Article 96(1) and (3) is amended---

(a) by repealing "Governor" wherever it appears and substituting "Chief Executive";

(b) by repealing "Governor's" and substituting "Chief Executive's".

93. Article 97(1), (2) and (4) is amended by repealing "Governor" wherever it appears and substituting "Chief Executive".

94. Article 98 is amended---

(a) in paragraph (1)---

(i) by repealing the definitions of "The Act" and "The Civil Aviation Authority";

(ii) in the definitions of "Aerodrome flight information unit", "Air traffic control unit", "Authorized person", "Competent authority", "Log Book", "Prescribed" and "Rules of the Air", by repealing "Governor" wherever it appears and substituting "Chief Executive";

(iii) in the definition of "Beneficial interest", by repealing "section 57 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1894(a)" and substituting "section 53 of the Merchant Shipping (Registration) Ordinance (Cap. 415)";

(iv) by repealing the definition of "Contracting State" and substituting---

" "Contracting State" means any State (including the People's Republic of China and Hong Kong, being a part thereof) which is a party to the Convention on International Civil Aviation which, on 7 December 1944, was opened for signature at the International Civil Aviation Conference held at Chicago;";

(v) in the definition of "Country", by adding "or place," after "territory";

(vi) in the definition of "Government aerodrome"---

(A) by repealing "Governor" and substituting "Chief Executive";

(B) by repealing "Government of Hong Kong" and substituting "Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region";

(vii) by repealing the definition of "Governor" and substituting---

" "Chief Executive" means---

(a) the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region;

(b) a person for the time being assuming the duties of the Chief Executive according to the provisions of Article 53 of the Basic Law; and

(c) in relation to any purpose of this Order, other than the purposes of Article 97 thereof, any person authorized by the Chief Executive for that purpose;";

(viii) by repealing sub-paragraph (b) of the definition of "Hong Kong";

(ix) by repealing the definition of "Legal personal representative" and substituting---

" "Legal personal representative" means the person constituted executor, administrator, or other representative, of a deceased person;";

(b) in paragraph (6)(a)(ii), by repealing "Governor" and substituting "Chief Executive";

(d) in paragraph (12), by repealing "Governor" where it twice appears and substituting "Chief Executive".

95. Article 99(2) is amended by repealing "Governor" and substituting "Chief Executive".

96. Article 101 is amended by repealing "Governor" and substituting "Chief Executive".

97. Schedule 2 is amended---

(a) in the "A Conditions", in paragraph (3), by repealing "Governor" and substituting "Chief Executive";

(b) in the "B Conditions", in paragraphs (1), (2), (5)(c) and (6), by repealing "Governor" and substituting "Chief Executive".

98. Schedule 5 is amended---

(a) in paragraph 3, by repealing "Governor" and substituting "Chief Executive";

(b) in paragraph 4, in the table---

(i) in paragraph (2), in the second column, in sub-paragraph (b)(v)(aa)(bbb), by repealing "Governor" and substituting "Chief Executive";

(ii) in paragraph (10), in the first column, in sub-paragraphs (b) and (d), by repealing "Governor" and substituting "Chief Executive";

(iii) in paragraph (14), in the first column, in sub-paragraph (a), by repealing "Governor" and substituting "Chief Executive";

(i) in Scale B, in paragraphs (i)(a) and (b) and (iii), by repealing "Governor" and substituting "Chief Executive";

(ii) in Scales P, S and SS, by repealing "Governor" wherever it appears and substituting "Chief Executive";

(iii) in Scale Z, in paragraph (iii), in the proviso, by repealing "Governor" and substituting "Chief Executive".

99. Schedule 6 is amended, in paragraph 3, in Scale H, by repealing "Governor" and substituting "Chief Executive".

100. Schedule 9 is amended, in Part C, in paragraphs 2, 3(a), (b), (c) and (d) and 5, by repealing "Governor" wherever it appears and substituting "Chief Executive".

101. Schedule 11 is amended---

(a) in Part B, in paragraph 1(1)(b), (2)(a)(ii) and (c)(i) and (3), by repealing "Governor" wherever it appears and substituting "Chief Executive";

(b) in Part C, in sub-paragraph (vii), by repealing "Governor" and substituting "Chief Executive".

102. Schedule 12 is amended---

(a) by repealing "international" wherever it appears and substituting "external";

(b) in the definition of "B", in the proviso, by repealing "Governor" and substituting "Chief Executive";

103. Schedule 13 is amended, in Part B, by repealing "the Territory" and substituting "Hong Kong".

104. Schedule 14 is amended, in rules 5(1)(c) and (d)(i) and 22A(1) and (2), by repealing "Governor" and substituting "Chief Executive".

105. Schedule 15 is amended---

(a) in Regulations 1(4)(a) and 4(5), by repealing "Governor" and substituting "Chief Executive";

(b) by repealing Regulation 13;

(i) in paragraph (3), by repealing "Governor" where it twice appears and substituting "Chief Executive";

(ii) in paragraph (4)(f)(i), by repealing "Greenwich Mean Time" and substituting "Co-ordinated Universal Time".

106. Schedule 16 is amended, in Regulations 3(1)(a) and 8(3), by repealing "Governor" wherever it appears and substituting "Chief Executive".

Hong Kong Air Navigation (Fees) Regulations

107. The Schedule to the Hong Kong Air Navigation (Fees) Regulations (App. I, p. N1) is amended---

(a) in paragraph 3, by repealing "Governor" and substituting "Chief Executive";

(b) in paragraph 4(1)(b) and (2)(b), by repealing "Governor" and substituting "Chief Executive";

(d) in paragraph 8, by repealing "Governor" where it twice appears and substituting "Chief Executive";

(e) in paragraph 9, by repealing "Governor" and substituting "Chief Executive";

(f) in paragraph 10, by repealing "Governor" where it twice appears and substituting "Chief Executive";

(g) in paragraph 12(2)(f) and (g), by repealing "Governor" and substituting "Chief Executive";

(h) in paragraph 14, by repealing "Governor" and substituting "Chief Executive";

(i) in paragraph 15, by repealing "Governor" and substituting "Chief Executive".

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SCHEDULE 7 [s. 3]

Airport Authority Ordinance

1. Section 3(3)(a), (b), (c) and (d), (4)(a) and (c) and (5)(a) and (b) of the Airport Authority Ordinance (Cap. 483) is amended by repealing "Governor" and substituting "Chief Executive".

2. Section 5(3)(a) is amended by repealing "Governor" and substituting "Chief Executive".

3. Section 11 is amended---

(a) in subsections (1) and (2), by repealing "Governor" and substituting "Chief Executive";

(b) in subsection (3), by repealing "at the will and pleasure of the Governor" and substituting "at the discretion of the Chief Executive";

(d) in subsection (6)(a)---

(i) by repealing "Governor" and substituting "Chief Executive";

(ii) by repealing "Governor's" and substituting "Chief Executive's".

4. Section 12(1), (2) and (3) is amended by repealing "Governor" wherever it appears and substituting "Chief Executive".

5. Section 15 is amended---

(a) in subsection (1)(a), by repealing "Governor's" and substituting "Chief Executive's";

(b) in subsection (3), by repealing "Governor" and substituting "Chief Executive".

6. Section 18(1) and (2)(c) is amended by repealing "Governor in Council" and substituting "Chief Executive in Council".

7. Section 19 is amended by repealing "Governor" wherever it appears and substituting "Chief Executive".

8. Section 20(1)(a) and (c) and (4) is amended by repealing "Governor in Council" wherever it appears and substituting "Chief Executive in Council".

9. Section 28(4)(a) is amended by repealing "Governor" and substituting "Chief Executive".

10. Section 29(1)(a) and (b) and (4) is amended by repealing "立法局" where it twice appears and
substituting "立法會".

11. Section 32 is amended---

(a) in subsection (4)(a), by repealing "Governor's" and substituting "Chief Executive's";

(b) in subsection (5), by repealing "立法局" and substituting "立法會".

12. Section 34(3)(a), (c), (e)(i), (ii) and (iii), (f), (g) and (h), (5) and (6)(a) is amended by repealing "Governor in Council" wherever it appears and substituting "Chief Executive in Council".

13. Section 35(11) is amended by repealing "立法局" and substituting "立法會".

14. Section 38 is amended---

(a) in subsection (1)(a)---

(i) by repealing "Governor in Council" and substituting "Chief Executive in Council";

(ii) by repealing "Governor" and substituting "Chief Executive";

(b) in subsection (2), by repealing "立法局" and substituting "立法會".

15. Section 47 is amended by repealing "Governor in Council" where it twice appears and substituting "Chief Executive in Council".

Explanatory Memorandum

The purpose of this Bill is to adapt certain Ordinances and their subsidiary legislation to bring them into conformity with the Basic Law and with Hong Kong's status as a Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (clause 3, Schedules 1 to 7).

2. The Ordinances adapted and their respective Schedule numbers under the Bill are---

Hotel Proprietors Ordinance (Cap. 158) Schedule 1

Civil Aviation (Births, Deaths and Missing Persons) Ordinance (Cap. 173) Schedule 2

Hong Kong Tourist Association Ordinance (Cap. 302) Schedule 3

Civil Aviation (Aircraft Noise) Ordinance (Cap. 312) Schedule 4

Dangerous Goods (Consignment by Air)(Safety) Ordinance (Cap. 384) Schedule 5

Civil Aviation Ordinance (Cap. 448) Schedule 6

Airport Authority Ordinance (Cap. 483) Schedule 7

3. The Bill also provides that the adaptations (except those referred to in clause 2(2)) when passed into law shall take effect retrospectively, as from the date of the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (clause 2).