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     1        Layer, done at Montreal 16 September 1987'.
              A.   Yes.
     2
         Q.   One sees, in fact, that the amendment has not been
     3        accepted by the United Kingdom.
              A.   Yes.
     4
         Q.   Has it yet been accepted by the United Kingdom as far as
     5        you know?
              A.   As far as I know it has not been.
     6
         Q.   If you turn to the very last page of the document -----
     7
         MR. JUSTICE BELL:  It is a long time since I did constitutional
     8        law.  It is presented to Parliament by the Secretary of
              State, but that does not mean ---- That is for information
     9        and recognition, is it, rather than acceptance?
 
    10   MR. RAMPTON:  My constitutional law is in the same kind of
              condition, I am afraid.  I think it has to be accepted by
    11        Parliament, and ratified.
 
    12   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  But it has not been.
 
    13   MR. RAMPTON:  That is what I was asking Professor Duxbury
              whether he knew, or not.
    14        A.   The last of the series which I have actually says
              that when the adjustments entered force (and this was- of
    15        the versions that I have got, the original Montreal
              Protocol was not actually at that stage ratified by
    16        Parliament when it was laid before Parliament in January
              1988, but in fact if you look at one of the annexes (Annex
    17        d) which is 27 May, 1992 this, to the best of my
              knowledge, is the most recent one of these which is
    18        presented to Parliament in March 1993.  That says
              essentially what the United Kingdom has actually ratified.
    19          If you look at that, you will discover that the HCFCs do
              not actually  figure.
    20
         Q.   Can we go back to the one for June 1991?  That says on the
    21        last page Transitional Substances under Annex C ---- One
              of the transitional substances, in fact the second down,
    22        whose chemical, or molecular- whatever it is- is expressed
              as CHF2Cl is HCFC- 22.
    23        A.   Indeed, it is.
 
    24   Q.   Was that the first time that that substance had entered
              the ambit of the Montreal Protocol?
    25        A.   Yes, it is.
  
    26   MR. MORRIS:  What year was that when it entered? 
              A.   The meeting of the parties which discussed this took 
    27        place, actually in London, from 27 to 29 June, 1990.  It
              was actually presented to Parliament in June 1991.  In
    28        other words, there was almost a year's delay between the
              meeting in London of the parties to discuss this, and the
    29        time when the legal document was actually presented to
              Parliament.
    30
         MR. RAMPTON:  One can see from the front page of the document

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