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					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/2/section/6</dc:identifier><dc:title>Hong Kong (Overseas Public Servants) Act 1996</dc:title><dc:description>An Act to confer power to make provision for the making of payments to, and to permit early retirement by, certain Hong Kong overseas public servants; to authorise the provision of resettlement services to certain Hong Kong overseas public servants who retire early; and to confer power to make provision for the making in certain circumstances of payments to supplement pensions and gratuities paid to or in respect of retired overseas public servants in respect of service in Hong Kong.</dc:description><dc:date>1996-02-29</dc:date><dc:type>text</dc:type><dc:format>text/xml</dc:format><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher>Statute Law Database</dc:publisher><dc:modified>2015-05-22</dc:modified><dc:contributor>Expert Participation</dc:contributor><dct:valid>2004-07-22</dct:valid>
					
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				</ukm:Metadata><Primary><Body DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/2/body" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1996/2/body" NumberOfProvisions="8" RestrictStartDate="2004-07-22"><P1group RestrictStartDate="2004-07-22" ConfersPower="true"><Title> Supplementary.</Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/2/section/6" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1996/2/section/6" id="section-6"><Pnumber>6</Pnumber><P1para><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/2/section/6/1" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1996/2/section/6/1" id="section-6-1"><Pnumber>1</Pnumber><P2para><Text>An Order in Council under this Act—</Text><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/2/section/6/1/a" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1996/2/section/6/1/a" id="section-6-1-a"><Pnumber>a</Pnumber><P3para><Text>may make different provision in relation to different cases,</Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/2/section/6/1/b" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1996/2/section/6/1/b" id="section-6-1-b"><Pnumber>b</Pnumber><P3para><Text>may except specified cases from any of its provisions, and</Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/2/section/6/1/c" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1996/2/section/6/1/c" id="section-6-1-c"><Pnumber>c</Pnumber><P3para><Text>may contain provisions which are incidental or supplementary.</Text></P3para></P3></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/2/section/6/2" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1996/2/section/6/2" id="section-6-2"><Pnumber><CommentaryRef Ref="key-025b82744b928ae329ba082bf578b8b4"/>2</Pnumber><P2para><Text>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/2/section/6/3" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1996/2/section/6/3" id="section-6-3"><Pnumber>3</Pnumber><P2para><Text>In this Act “<Term id="term-specified">specified</Term>”, in relation to an Order in Council, means specified in the Order in Council.</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/2/section/6/4" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1996/2/section/6/4" id="section-6-4"><Pnumber>4</Pnumber><P2para><Text>A statutory instrument containing an Order in Council under this Act shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.</Text></P2para></P2></P1para></P1></P1group></Body></Primary><Commentaries><Commentary id="key-025b82744b928ae329ba082bf578b8b4" Type="F"><Para><Text><CitationSubRef id="crlutna51-00004" SectionRef="section-6-2" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1996/2/section/6/2">S. 6(2)</CitationSubRef> repealed (22.7.2004) by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2004/14" id="crlutna51-00005" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Year="2004" Number="14" Title="Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004">Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14)</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="crlutna51-00006" CitationRef="crlutna51-00005" SectionRef="schedule-1-part-11" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2004/14/schedule/1/part/11" Operative="true">Sch. 1 Pt. 11</CitationSubRef></Text></Para></Commentary></Commentaries></Legislation>