Amendment of section 17.
Repeal and
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fied area for the first time, the rateable value of any tenement in that area shall not exceed the value which would have been ascribed thereto if
(a) the tenement had been included in a list previously prepared by the Commissioner under section 12; and (b) that list had taken effect at the same time as the last list prepared by the Commissioner in respect of any other specified area.
(5) For the purposes of an interim valuation of a tene- ment or a valuation of every tenement in a specified area for the first time, it shall be assumed that at the time by reference to which that value would have beeù ascertained-
(a) the tenement was in the same statelas at the time of the valuation and any relevant factors affecting the mode or character of pccupation were those subsisting at the last mentioned time; and (b) the locality in which the tenement is situated was in the same state, with regard to other premises situated in the locality, the occupation and use of those premises, the transport services and other facilities available in the locality and other matters affecting the amenities of the locality, as at the time of the valuation.”,
3. Section 17 of the principal Ordinance is amended by deleting subsection (1) and substituting the following-
"(1) The Commissioner shall, in the case of every tene- ment included in a list prepared by him under section 12, serve on the owner or occupier thereof notice, in the specified form, of the rateable value of the tenement.”.
4. Sections 18, 19 and 20 of the principal Ordinance are replacement repealed and replaced by the following section-
of sections
18, 19 and
20.
"Computa-
18. (1) Subject to this Ordinance, there shall be tion of rates payable, with effect from the 1st April in each year, payable.
on the rateable value of every tenement included in a valuation list in force, general rates and Urban Council rates which shall be computed in respect of the tecements concerned on the basis of such per- centage of the rateable value of the tenements as the Legislative Council may by resolution determine.
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(2) The percentage of the rateable value of a tenement payable as general rates shall be reduced-
(a) by one per cent in the case of a tenement for which an unfiltered supply of fresh water is available from a Government water-main;
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(b) by two per cent in the case of a tenement for which no supply of fresh water is avail- able from a Government water-main.
(3) For the purposes of subsection (2), a supply of fresh or unfiltered water shall be deemed to be available to a tenement from a Goverment water- main, even if the tenement is not connected to a Government water-main, if the tenement is situated within 200 yards of a Government water-main which has been constructed for the purpose of supplying fresh water or unfiltered water directly to tenements.”,
Section 33 of the principal Ordinance is amended by Amendment deleting "court" and substituting the following-
of section 33.
"District Court".
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Section 36 of the principal Ordinance is amended in Amendment
of section subsection (1) by inserting after paragraph (b) the following-
36.
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"(ba) any cemetery or crematorium within the meaning of section 2 of the Public Health and Urban Services Ordinance:".
Section 40 of the principal Ordinance is amended by Amendment deleting subsection (2) and substituting the following-
of reclion
40.
"(2) On receipt of a notice of objection under subsection (1), the Commissioner shall-
(a) consider the objection and shall confirm, vary or set aside the correction to the valuation list, or the deletion, or the interim valuation; and
(b) serve on the person making the objection a notice in the specified form of his decision in respect of the objection.".