Regulations.
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to the New Territories.
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22. The Deputy Chief Civil Affairs Officer may
make regulations for the better carrying out of the
provisions of this Proclamation.
23. In their application to the New Territories,
other than New Kowloon, the provisions of this
Proclamation shall be subject to the following
modifications
(1) Subject to any directions given by the Deputy
Chief Civil Affairs Officer, the functions and
powers of the Rating Authority under this
Proclamation shall be discharged and exercised in
the Northern and Southern Districts respectively
by the Civil Affairs Officers in charge of the
Northern and Southern Districts respectively.
principal office of the appropriate Civil Affairs
Officer, or such other place or places as that
officer may appoint, shall be substituted for the
Colonial Treasury wherever reference is made
thereto in this Proclamation.
The
(2) (a) Rates shall be assessed, imposed and levied
in respect of buildings only, and in such areas
only as were heretofore declared by the Governor
in Council to be urban areas.
(b) the decision of the appropriate Civil Affairs
Officer as to whether any building is situate
within an urban area shall be final and conclusive.
(3) (a) Rateable buildings shall be classified as
follows:-
Special class - Buildings which are valued by the
assessing officer at over 4, 000
dollars.
First class
Buildings which are valued by the
assessing officer at over 2,000
dollars but not over 4,000 dollars.
Second Class
-
Buildings which are valued by the