Hong Kong Ordinances

PROVISION OF MUNICIPAL SERVICES (REORGANIZATION) ORDINANCE - SECT 11

Chief Executive in Council to make consequential, transitional and savings provisions

(1) The Chief Executive in Council may, by order published in the Gazette,
make such consequential amendments to any enactment or provisions of a
transitional or savings nature as are necessary for the better carrying out of
the provisions of this Ordinance.

(2) An order under subsection (1) may be made before or after the
appointed day and provide for any provision of the order to take effect on a
date earlier than the date of publication of the order but not earlier than
the appointed day.

(3) To the extent to which a provision in an order under this section takes
effect on a date earlier than the date of publication of the order, the
provision does not operate so as-

   (a)  to affect, in a manner prejudicial to any person (other than the
        Government or a public body), the rights of that person before the
        date of its publication; or

   (b)  to impose liabilities on a person (other than the Government or a
        public body) in respect of anything done, or omitted to be done,
        before the date of its publication.

(4) An order under this section is subject to the approval of the Legislative
Council.