Legislative Council

LC Paper No. LS 258/98-99

Date of Tabling in LegCo :	6 October 1999
Amendment to be made by :	3 November 1999 (or 10 November 1999 if extended by resolution)

Environmental Impact Assessment Ordinance (Cap. 499)
Environmental Impact Assessment Ordinance (Amendment of Schedule 2) Order 1999 (L.N. 205)

Part I of Schedule 2 to the Environmental Impact Assessment Ordinance (Cap. 499) ("the Ordinance") is amended by this Order made by the Secretary for Planning, Environment and Lands pursuant to section 4(2) of the Ordinance. The amendment extends the list of designated projects to include a theme park or amusement park with a site area of more than 20 hectares in size, so that the construction or operation of such theme park or amusement park would now require an environmental permit under section 9(1) of the Ordinance.

Members may refer to LegCo Brief on this Order issued by the Planning, Environment and Lands Bureau in July 1999 for further information.

Commodities Trading Ordinance (Cap. 250)
Commodities Trading (Trading Limits and Position Limits) (Amendment) Rules 1999 (L.N. 206)

These amendment rules are made by the Securities and Futures Commission under section 59 of the Commodities Trading Ordinance (Cap. 250). They amend the Schedule to the Commodities Trading (Trading Limits and Position Limits) Rules (Cap. 250 sub. leg.) by setting the trading and position limits for the following futures and options contracts:-

Description	Trading Limit 1	Position Limit 2
Hang Seng Index futures and options contracts	10 000 long or short position delta limit for all contract months combined	250
Hang Seng Finance Sub-Index futures contracts	300	50
Hang Seng Utilities Sub-Index futures contracts	300	50
Hang Seng Commerce and Industry Sub-Index futures contacts	300	50
Hang Seng Properties Sub-Index futures contracts	250	50
Hang Seng Properties Sub-Index options contracts	250	50
Hang Seng China Enterprises Index futures contracts	6 000	250
Hang Seng China Enterprises Index options contracts	6 000	250

Members may wish to refer to the LegCo Brief issued by the Securities and Futures Commission on 28 July 1999 for background information.

Wild Animals Protection Ordinance (Cap. 170)
Prohibition of Feeding of Wild Animals Notice 1999 (L.N. 207)

By this notice, the Director of Agriculture and Fisheries ("the Director") has specified the areas described in the Schedule to the Notice as places at which the feeding of any wild animal is prohibited under section 17C of the Wild Animals Protection Ordinance (Cap. 170) ("the Ordinance"). The areas specified are country parks and certain areas adjoining or enclosed by the country parks on the Kowloon peninsula and are delineated in black and coloured pink on the Plan No. WAPO/6 signed by the Director on 7 July 1999 and deposited in the Land Registry. Feeding wild animals at such places is now an offence under section 18 of the Ordinance and an offender will upon conviction be liable to a fine of up to $10,000.

Members may refer to LegCo Brief File Ref. PELB TC 63/96 III issued by the Planning, Environment and Lands Bureau in July 1999 for background information.

Wild Animals Protection Ordinance (Cap. 170)
Wild Animals Protection Ordinance (Amendment of Schedule 6) Notice 1999 (L.N. 208)

By this Notice issued by the Secretary for Planning, Environment and Lands under section 22(1) of the Wild Animals Protection Ordinance (Cap. 170) ("the Ordinance"), Schedule 6 to the Ordinance is amended -

(a) by effecting changes to the typography of the following English provisions :

(i) "Wild Birds and Wild Mammals Protection Ordinance (Seventh Schedule)"; and

(ii) "Wild Animals Protection Ordinance (cap. 170), Sixth Schedule - Area B";

(b) by effecting minor changes in the Chinese version of the same two provisions; and

(c) by adding Area C and the related restricted period.

Area C is the sandy beach at Sham Wan, Lamma Island and is delineated and marked in green on a plan entitled "WILD ANIMALS PROTECTION ORDINANCE (CHAPTER 170), SCHEDULE 6 - AREA C" which is signed by the Director of Agriculture and Fisheries on 7 July 1999 and deposited in the Land Registry for public inspection. The restricted period is from 1 June to 31 October both dates inclusive.

During the restricted period, any person entering Area C without an entry permit commits an offence under section 13 of the Ordinance and will upon conviction be liable to a fine of $50,000.

Members may refer to LegCo Brief File Ref. PELB(E)55/21/23(99) for further information.

Public Health (Animals and Birds) Ordinance (Cap. 139)
Public Health (Animals and Birds) (Disease) Declaration (L.N. 209)

By this Declaration made under section 2(1) of the Public Health (Animals and Birds) Ordinance (Cap. 139) ("the Ordinance") by the Director of Agriculture and Fisheries, the Nipah virus infection and the Hendra virus infection are included in the term disease for the purposes of the Ordinance and the regulations made thereunder.

Under the Ordinance, animals and birds infected by any disease as defined in the Ordinance may be prohibited from being imported into Hong Kong and the Chief Executive has power to make the appropriate orders to prevent the spread of any such disease.

Legislative Council (Amendment) Ordinance 1999 (48 of 1999)
Legislative Council (Amendment) Ordinance 1999 (48 of 1999) (Commencement) Notice 1999 (L.N. 210)

By this Notice, the Secretary for Constitutional Affairs appoints the following dates for the coming into effect of the relevant provisions of the Legislative Council (Amendment) Ordinance 1999:-

Commencement Date	Relevant Sections/Provisions
30 July 1999	2(b), 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 17, 18(a), 22, 24, 25, 27, 28, 33(b), 34(b), 35(b), 36(b), 38, 39, 40, 41, 42(b), 44(zf), 46, 47, 48, 51(b), (c) and (d), 52 and 53 3
30 July 1999	(for the purpose only of enabling arrangements to be made for the holding of the Election Committee subsector elections in 2000 to elect members of the Election Committee for the second term of office of the Legislative Council and for the holding of the second general election in 2000 to elect all Members of the Council) the remaining provisions
1 July 2000	all those remaining provisions

Lingnan University Ordinance (54 of 1999)
Lingnan University Ordinance (54 of 1999) (Commencement) Notice 1999 (L.N. 211)

By this Notice, the Secretary for Education and Manpower has appointed 30 July 1999 as the date on which the provisions of the Lingnan University Ordinance (No. 54 of 1999) ("the Ordinance") save and except sections 11 and 12 shall come into operation. Section 11 of the Ordinance provides for the establishment of the Council of the Lingnan University ("the Council") and section 12 the composition, appointment and terms of office of the members of the Council as well as the appointment and terms of office of its Chairman, Deputy Chairman and Treasurer.

Pharmacy and Poisons (Amendment) Regulation 1999 (L.N. 202 of 1999)
Pharmacy and Poisons (Amendment) Regulation 1999 (L.N. 202 of 1999) (Commencement) Notice 1999 (L.N. 212)

The Pharmacy and Poisons Board has by this Notice under section 1 of the Pharmacy and Poisons (Amendment) Regulation 1999 ("the Regulation") appointed the following commencement dates for the relevant provisions:-

Commencement Dates	Relevant Sections/Provisions
1 August 1999	All the provisions of the Regulation except the provisions described immediately below
1 October 1999	(i) sections 3(e) and 5(e)4; (ii) sections 3(h) and 5(h) in so far as each relates to the addition of Dapsone; Pyrimethamine; Sodium aurothiomalate; and the substance and salts of Aciclovir; Benserazide; Carbidopa; Chlofenamic acid; Dalteparin; Dihydro-ergotamine; Distigmine; Enoxaparin; Famciclovir; Granisetron; Hydroxychloroquine; Neostigmine; Pentamidine; Pizotifen; Primaquine; Proguanil; Pyridostigmine; Tinzaparin; and Valaciclovir.

Poisons List (Amendment) Regulation 1999 (L.N. 203 of 1999)
Poisons List (Amendment) Regulation 1999 (L.N. 203 of 1999) (Commencement) Notice 1999 (L.N. 213)

The Pharmacy and Poisons Board has by this Notice under section 1 of the Poisons List (Amendment) Regulation 1999 ("the Regulation") appointed the following commencement dates for the relevant provisions:-

Commencement Dates	Relevant Sections/Provisions
1 August 1999	All the provisions of the Regulation except the provisions described immediately below
1 October 1999	(i) section 2(e) 5; (ii) section 2(g) in so far as it relates to the addition of Dapsone; Pyrimethamine; Sodium aurothiomalate; and the substance and salts of Aciclovir; Benserazide; Biperiden; Carbidopa; Chlofenamic acid; Dalteparin; Dihydro-ergotamine; Distigmine; Enoxaparin; Famciclovir; Granisetron; Isosorbide; Neostigmine; Pentamidine; Pizotifen; Primaquine; Proguanil; Pyridostigmine; Tinzaparin; and Valaciclovir.

Prepared by

KAU Kin-wah
Assistant Legal Adviser
Legislative Council Secretariat
11 August 1999

1.Open contracts for any one contract month or any one series unless otherwise stated.

2. Open futures contracts for any one contract month and open options contracts for any one series.

3. Members may wish to refer to Annex II to the Administration's Further Response to Points raised on 4 and 5 March 1999 of the Bills Committee on Legislative Council (Amendment) Bill 1999 (LC Paper No. CB(2)1658/98-99(01)) for further information. A copy is attached for Members' easy reference.

4. Both provide for the repealing of the entry of the substance "Omeprazole".

5. Adding "its salts" at the end of the entry of "Omeprazole".