DECLARATION OF CONSTITUENCIES (REGIONAL COUNCIL AREA) ORDER 1994 - CHAPTER 367Q DECLARATION OF CONSTITUENCIES (REGIONAL COUNCIL AREA) ORDER 1994 - LONG TITLE Empowering section (Not adopted as the Laws of the HKSAR) VerDate:01/07/1997 (Not adopted as the Laws of the HKSAR. See Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on Treatment of the Laws Previously in Force in Hong Kong in accordance with Article 160 of the Basic Law of the HKSAR of the People's Republic of China (Cap 2206 in this database)) DECLARATION OF CONSTITUENCIES (REGIONAL COUNCIL AREA) ORDER 1994 - LONG TITLE Empowering section VerDate:30/06/1997 (Cap. 367 section 3(1)(b)) [The Order except section 7 } 6 July 1994 Section 7 } 1 April 1995] (L.N. 328 of 1994) DECLARATION OF CONSTITUENCIES (REGIONAL COUNCIL AREA) ORDER 1994 - SECT 1 (Not adopted as the Laws of the HKSAR) VerDate:01/07/1997 DECLARATION OF CONSTITUENCIES (REGIONAL COUNCIL AREA) ORDER 1994 - SECT 1 (Omitted as spent) VerDate:30/06/1997 (Omitted as spent) (Enacted 1994) DECLARATION OF CONSTITUENCIES (REGIONAL COUNCIL AREA) ORDER 1994 - SECT 2 (Not adopted as the Laws of the HKSAR) VerDate:01/07/1997 DECLARATION OF CONSTITUENCIES (REGIONAL COUNCIL AREA) ORDER 1994 - SECT 2 Interpretation VerDate:30/06/1997 In this Order- "approved map" (獲批准地圖) means the map or maps published by the Boundary and Election Commission in April 1994 specified in column 5 of the Schedule, identified by reference to a plan number (Plan No.) prefixed "RC", approved by the Governor in Council on 31 May 1994 and deposited in the office of the registration officer; "area code" (區域代號), in relation to any constituency declared in this Order, means the code coloured red prefixed "RC" and followed by a number and described as "Recommended Regional Council Constituency Area Code" in the legend of the relevant approved map specified in column 5 of the Schedule; "constituency boundary" (選區分界), in relation to any constituency declared in this Order, means- (a) in relation to any District declared in the Districts Order, the boundary represented by the thick broken edging coloured red delineating, or partially delineating, that constituency and described as "District Boundary" in the legend of the relevant approved map specified in column 5 of the Schedule; or (b) the boundary represented by the thin unbroken edging coloured red, or that boundary and the "District Boundary" referred to in paragraph (a), as the case may be, delineating, or partially delineating, that constituency and described as "Recommended Regional Council Constituency Area Boundary" in the legend of the relevant approved map specified in column 5 of the Schedule; or (c) where any part of the boundaries specified in Schedule 2 to the Interpretation and General Clauses Ordinance (Cap 1) joins or abuts any partially delineated constituency boundary mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b), as the case may be, or circumscribes or otherwise partially delineates that constituency - (i) that part of those boundaries so specified; and (ii) that partially delineated constituency boundary so mentioned; "district area code" (地區區域代號), in relation to any constituency declared in the District Constituencies Order, means the code coloured blue comprising a letter and number combination and described as "District Board Constituency Area Code" in the legend of the relevant approved map specified in column 5 of the Schedule; "District Constituencies Order" (地區選區令) means the Declaration of Constituencies (Districts) Order 1994 (Cap 367 sub. leg.); "Districts Order" (地區令) means the Declaration of Districts Order 1994 (Cap 366 sub. leg.); "Regional Council Order" (區域市政局令) means the Declaration of Regional Council Area Order 1994 (Cap 385 sub. leg.). (Enacted 1994) "approved map" (獲批准地圖) "area code" (區域代號) "constituency boundary" (選區分界) "district area code" (地區區域代號) "District Constituencies Order" (地區選區令) "Districts Order" (地區令) "Regional Council Order" (區域市政局令) DECLARATION OF CONSTITUENCIES (REGIONAL COUNCIL AREA) ORDER 1994 - SECT 3 (Not adopted as the Laws of the HKSAR) VerDate:01/07/1997 DECLARATION OF CONSTITUENCIES (REGIONAL COUNCIL AREA) ORDER 1994 - SECT 3 Declaration of constituencies of the Regional Council area VerDate:30/06/1997 Subject to section 5, each area in the Regional Council area named in column 3 of the Schedule and delineated on the approved map specified opposite thereto in column 5 of that Schedule is declared to be a constituency for the purpose of the ordinary election of persons to act as elected members of the Regional Council in respect of the Regional Council area declared in the Regional Council Order, and comprising the District or part of the District as the case may be, named opposite thereto in column 2 of that Schedule. (Enacted 1994) DECLARATION OF CONSTITUENCIES (REGIONAL COUNCIL AREA) ORDER 1994 - SECT 4 (Not adopted as the Laws of the HKSAR) VerDate:01/07/1997 DECLARATION OF CONSTITUENCIES (REGIONAL COUNCIL AREA) ORDER 1994 - SECT 4 Effect of Order VerDate:30/06/1997 (1) Subject to subsection (2), this Order shall have effect in respect of the ordinary election of persons to act as elected members of the Regional Council, in respect of the Regional Council area declared in the Regional Council Order, next following the making of this Order, and not earlier. (2) Despite subsection (1), as from the coming into operation of section 1(1) of the Regional Council Order, arrangements (including those in respect of the registration of electors and the nomination of candidates) may be made or put in hand for the purpose of the holding of the ordinary election referred to in that subsection. (Enacted 1994) DECLARATION OF CONSTITUENCIES (REGIONAL COUNCIL AREA) ORDER 1994 - SECT 5 (Not adopted as the Laws of the HKSAR) VerDate:01/07/1997 DECLARATION OF CONSTITUENCIES (REGIONAL COUNCIL AREA) ORDER 1994 - SECT 5 Saving and transitional VerDate:30/06/1997 Nothing in this Order shall affect the membership or powers and privileges of the Regional Council, or the composition of the Council, in respect of the ordinary election of persons to act as elected members of the Regional Council held before the date of the coming into operation of section 1(1) of this Order, or in respect of any by-election of a person to act as such member held before the date of the coming into operation of this Order in its entirety, as the case may be. (Enacted 1994) DECLARATION OF CONSTITUENCIES (REGIONAL COUNCIL AREA) ORDER 1994 - SECT 6 (Not adopted as the Laws of the HKSAR) VerDate:01/07/1997 DECLARATION OF CONSTITUENCIES (REGIONAL COUNCIL AREA) ORDER 1994 - SECT 6 District Constituencies Order boundaries to prevail VerDate:30/06/1997 For the avoidance of doubt it is declared that in the event of any dispute or conflict as to the correct delineation of boundaries, the boundaries delineated on an approved map within the meaning of the District Constituencies Order shall prevail over the boundaries in respect of the same area delineated on an approved map within the meaning of this Order. (Enacted 1994) DECLARATION OF CONSTITUENCIES (REGIONAL COUNCIL AREA) ORDER 1994 - SECT 7 (Not adopted as the Laws of the HKSAR) VerDate:01/07/1997 DECLARATION OF CONSTITUENCIES (REGIONAL COUNCIL AREA) ORDER 1994 - SECT 7 (Omitted as spent) VerDate:30/06/1997 (Omitted as spent) (Enacted 1994) DECLARATION OF CONSTITUENCIES (REGIONAL COUNCIL AREA) ORDER 1994 - SCHEDULE SCHEDULE (Not adopted as the Laws of the HKSAR) VerDate:01/07/1997 DECLARATION OF CONSTITUENCIES (REGIONAL COUNCIL AREA) ORDER 1994 - SCHEDULE SCHEDULE VerDate:30/06/1997 (sections 2 & 3) CONSTITUENCIES OF THE REGIONAL COUNCIL AREA Item Name of Name of Area Delineation of District Area Code Area 1. Tsuen Wan (a) Tsuen RC1 That area delineated by the Wan West constituency boundary on the approved map identified as Plan No. RC/95/TW-KT and marked with the district area codes K6, K7, K8, K9 and K11. (b) Tsuen RC2 That area delineated by Wan the constituency boundary Central on that approved map and marked with the district area codes K1, K2, K3, K4 and K5. (c) Tsuen RC3 That area delineated by Wan East the constituency boundary on that approved map and marked with the district area codes K10, K12, K13, K14 and K15. 2. Tuen Mun (a) Tuen Mun RC4 That area delineated by the East constituency boundary on the approved map identified as Plan No. RC/95/TM-YL and marked with the district area codes L2, L3, L4, L5, L12 and L13. (b) Tuen Mun RC5 That area delineated by the West constituency boundary on that approved map and marked with the district area codes L7, L15, L16, L17, L18 and L19. (c) Tuen Mun RC6 That area delineated by the Central constituency boundary on that approved map and marked with the district area codes L6, L8, L9, L14, L20, L22 and L23. (d) Tuen Mun RC7 That area delineated by the North constituency boundary on that approved map and marked with the district area codes L1, L10, L11, L21, L24 and L25. 3. Yuen Long (a) Tin Shui RC8 That area delineated by the Wai constituency boundary on the approved map identified as Plan No. RC/95/TM-YL and marked with the district area codes M10, M11, M13, M14 and M15. (b) Yuen RC9 That area delineated by the Long Town constituency boundary on Centre that approved map and marked with the district area codes M1, M2, M3, M4, M5 and M6. (c) Yuen RC10 That area delineated by the Long constituency boundary on Rural that approved map and marked with the district area codes M7, M8, M9, M12, M16, M17, M18 and M19. 4. North (a) Sheung RC11 That area delineated by the Shui constituency boundary on the approved map identified as Plan No. RC/95/N-TP and marked with the district area codes N5, N6, N7, N8 and N9. (b) Fanling RC12 That area delineated by the and Sha constituency boundary on Tin that approved map and marked with the district area codes N1, N2, N3, N4, N10 and N11. 5. Tai Po (a) Tai Po RC13 That area delineated by the West constituency boundary on the approved map identified as Plan No. RC/95/N-TP and marked with the district area codes P1, P8, P9, P10, P11 and P12. (b) Tai Po RC14 That area delineated by the Central constituency boundary on that approved map and marked with the district area codes P2, P4, P13, P14, P15 and P17. (c) Tai Po RC15 That area delineated by the East constituency boundary on that approved map and marked with the district area codes P3, P5, P6, P7 and P16. 6. Sai Kung (a) Sai Kung RC16 That area delineated by the Rural constituency boundary on and Tak the approved map identified Fu as Plan No. RC/95/ST-SK and marked with the district area codes Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4 and Q11. (b) Tseung RC17 That area delineated by the Kwan O constituency boundary on that approved map and marked with the district area codes Q5, Q6, Q7, Q8, Q9 and Q10. 7. Sha Tin (a) Ma On RC18 That area delineated by the Shan constituency boundary on the approved map identified as Plan No. RC/95/ST-SK and marked with the district area codes R16, R17, R18, R19, R20 and R21. (b) Sha Tin RC19 That area delineated by the East constituency boundary on that approved map and marked with the district area codes R4, R5, R6, R22, R23 and R24. (c) Sha Tin RC20 That area delineated by the North constituency boundary on that approved map and marked with the district area codes R1, R2, R3, R12, R13, R14 and R15. (d) Sha Tin RC21 That area delineated by the South constituency boundary on that approved map and marked with the district area codes R7, R8, R9, R10, R25 and R26. (e) Sha Tin RC22 That area delineated by the West constituency boundary on that approved map and marked with the district area codes R11, R27, R28, R29, R30 and R31. 8. Kwai Tsing (a) Upper RC23 That area delineated by the Kwai constituency boundary on Chung the approved map identified as Plan No. RC/95/TW-KT and marked with the district area codes S6, S7, S8, S9, S10 and S12. (b) Kwai RC24 That area delineated by the Chung constituency boundary on Central that approved map and marked with the district area codes S1, S2, S3, S4, S5, S11 and S16. (c) Tsing Yi RC25 That area delineated by the South constituency boundary on and Lower that approved map and Kwai marked with the district Chung area codes S13, S14, S15, S19, S20, S21 and S22. (d) Tsing Yi RC26 That area delineated by the North constituency boundary on that approved map and marked with the district area codes S17, S18, S23, S24, S25 and S26. 9. Islands Islands RC27 That area delineated by the constituency boundary on the approved map identified as Plan No. RC/95/IS and marked with the district area codes T1, T2, T3, T4, T5 and T6. (Enacted 1994)