The Government will introduce the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2026 into the Legislative Council on July 8 to propose miscellaneous updates and technical amendments to various enactments.

The bill seeks to update or amend terminology in existing legislation including references to "Crown", "Governor", "Her Majesty", "Secretary of State", "Government of the United Kingdom", "Commonwealth" and UK Legislation, among others.

It will also amend specific references to terms such as “foreign” or “overseas” in various enactments, alongside updates to terminology in designated ordinances and subsidiary legislation.

Additionally, the bill will repeal several obsolete enactments, provisions and references while making minor technical adjustments to streamline current laws.

The Department of Justice (DoJ) stated that the proposed updates are largely minor, technical and non-controversial, aiming to improve existing legislation.

To handle the adaptation of laws efficiently, the DoJ previously introduced two collective omnibus bills in 2024 and 2025 on behalf of various policy bureaus.

The department expressed confidence that the target of completing the entire adaptation of laws exercise by the end of the current Government term will be met.

Last month, the DoJ submitted an information paper to the Legislative Council Panel on Administration of Justice and Legal Services to brief members on the main legislative proposals.

The relevant policy bureaus and independent organisations have consulted the relevant stakeholders and no objection to the proposed amendments was received.

The bill will be published in the Government Gazette on June 26.