192. The Foreshores and Sea Bed (Amendment) Ordinance 1970 amended section 5(3) of the principal Ordinance so as to empower the Governor in Council to defer consideration of any objection lodged under the principal Ordinance until any claim for compensation had been settled, compromised or determined under section 7 of the Ordinance. Section 6 of the principal Ordinance was also amended so as to enable the Governor to authorize the granting of a Crown lease of the foreshore or sea bed, not only where no objection had been lodged, but also where any such objection had been withdrawn prior to its consideration by the Governor in Council.
193. The Multi-storey Buildings (Owners Incorporation) Ordinance 1970 contains provisions whereby the owners of multi-storey buildings may have themselves registered in the Land Office as a corporation. Upon such incorporation the statutory management scheme provided for by the Ordinance applies to the building in question. The Ordinance contains schedules setting out the parts of buildings that are normally to be regarded as common to all the owners, and provisions relating to the composition and procedure of management committees and the meetings and procedures of the corporations. On 14th July 1970 the Governor in Council under powers conferred by section 41 of the Ordinance made the Multi-storey Buildings (Owners Incorporation) (Forms) Regulations 1970 prescribing forms for use under the Ordin- ance, and the Multi-storey Buildings (Owners Incorporation) (Fees) Regulations 1970 prescribing fees payable to the Land Officer in respect of the exercise by him of his functions under the Ordinance.
194. The Public Reclamations and Works (Amendment) Ordinance 1970 inter alia repealed and replaced section 3 of the principal Ordinance, and provided that a proposed undertaking should be considered by the Governor instead of by the Governor in Council if all objections to the proposed undertaking and all private claims in respect thereof have been withdrawn, or are deemed to have been withdrawn, before it is considered.
195. As noted in last year's Report, the Security of Tenure (Domestic Premises) Ordinance 1970 had been enacted to give temporary security of tenure to tenants of domestic premises pending the enactment of more comprehensive legislation. The more comprehensive legislation took the form of the Rent Increases (Domestic Premises) Control Ordinance 1970, which repealed the Security of Tenure (Domestic Premises) Ordinance 1970 and established controls over the increase of
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