Addition of new Bection 56A.
Repeal and
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10. The principal Ordinance is amended by adding, after section 56, the following new section—
"Increase in rent Collowing apportion- ment
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56A. (1) Where section 56(1) applies in respect of any premises and the premises form part of a tenement or consist of, or form part of, more than one tenement, the landlord may, if he cannot agree with the tenant an increase in rent of the tenancy, apply to the Commissioner in the specified form for a certificate under subsection (2).
(2) On receipt of an application under subsec- tion (1) the Commissioner shall make such apportion- ment or aggregation of rates as he considers necessary to determine the amount of rates attributable to the premises and shall serve on the landlord and on the tenant certificates in the specified form stating the amount by which the rent may be increased.
(3) Where the Commissioner has served a cer- tificate under subsection (2), the rent of the tenancy may be increased, in accordance with section 56, by the amount shown in the certificate.
(4) In this section. *tenement" shall have the meaning assigned to it by section 2 of the Rating Ordinance.".
11. Section 63 of the principal Ordinance is repealed and
replacement replaced by the following—
of section
63.
"Increase
in cent of sub-tenancy
on account of rates.
63. (1) Where-
(2) a principal tenant bears the rates în respect of any premises the subject of a tenancy out of which a sub-tenancy has been created and there is an increase in the amount of rates payable:
(b) rates are imposed in respect of any premises the subject of a tenancy out of which a sub- tenancy bas been created and the principal tenant bears those rates; or
(c) the rent of a tenancy has been increased under section 56 or 56A and a sub-tenancy has been created out of that tenancy.
the principal tenant way, if he cannot agree with the sub-tenant an increase in rent of the sub-tenancy,
apply to the Commissioner in the specified form for a certificate under subsection (2).
(2) On receipt of an application under subsection (1) the Commissioner shall make such apportionment or aggregation of the rates as he considers nécessary to determine the amount of rates attributable to the premises the subject of the sub-tenancy and shall serve on the principal tenant and on the sub-tenant certif- cates in the specified form stating the amount by which the rent of the sub-tenancy may be increased.
(3) Where the Commissioner has served a certifi- cate under subsection (2), the rent of the sub-tenancy may be increased by the amount shown in the certifi- cate, but the increase in rent shall not take effect except in pursuance of a notice of increase in the specified form served by the principal tenant on the sub-tenant specifying the date from which the increase is to take effect.
(4) The date specified in a notice of increase under subsection (3) shall be not earlier than~
(a) the date on which the increased rates or the rates imposed, as the case may be, became payable;
(b) the date on which the increase in rent of the principal tenancy on account of rates became payable; or
(c) 6 months prior to the date of service of the
notice of increase on the sub-tenant.
whichever is the later.".
12. Section 67 of the principal Ordinance is amended by Amendment
inserting, after "this Part", the following-
" other than an increase under section 56A or section 63.".
of section 67.
13. Section 68(2) of the principal Ordinance is amended by Amendment inserting, after "51(4).", the following
"56A(1),".
of section
68.
14. The Third Schedule to the principal Ordinance is Amendment amended in section 29 by deleting "of Rating and Valuation" of Third wherever it occurs.
Schedule.