THE HOTELS BILL
The Attorney General at the Committee stage to move the
following amendments :-
Regulation 8 of the Regulations which appear in the Schedule to the Bill to be amended by the addition of the following sub-regulation as sub-regulation (3) :-
"(3) An allo●ation of accommodation for Hong Kong residents
ma and accepted as suitable in accordance with this
regulation may thereafter be amended from time to time
upon application to the Quartering Authority and with his
consent."
Explanation
The additional sub-regulation proposed to be inserted
will enable amendment to be made to the approved reserved
accommodation in a hotel in cases where the convenience of hotel
management or guest will be served.
2.
Regulation 9 of the Regulations which appear in the
Schedule to the Bill to be deleted and replaced as follows :-
"laximum rates for the accoml- modation of Hong Kong
residents.
9. (1) The rates for the accommodation of Hong
Kong residents shall relate to the types of roons
specified in the Second Schedule hereto and shall
apply only to rooms reserved in accordance with the
provisions of regulation 8 and, subject to sub- regulation (3) of the regulation, shall not exceed
the rates prescribed in Column III of the Fifth
Schedule.
(2) Such rates shall apply from the date upon which the manager receives a declaration in writing made by a Hong Kong resident, and addressed to the
manager, declaring his intention to stay in the hotel
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