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Wednesday, December 12, 1973
A new sub-clause enabling the court to make an order for possession of premises in favour of a landlord where the tenant has sub-let the whole or part of the premises without the landlord's
consent. Another section of the bill makes it compulsory for tenants to notify the landlord after December 14 of any sub-letting.
A landlord will be required to notify the Commissioner
of Rating and Valuation of the rent payable by a
now tenant after the existing tenant moves out
and a new tenancy is entered into.
Mr. Woo said it had been pointed out that any future increase in
rates, if passed onto a tenant, might be construed as an increase in rent
under the new section 65(6). Since this was not the intention, he
said an amendment would exclude rate increases from the operation of the
section.
The Secretary for Housing, the Hon. I.M. Lightbody, also moved
a number of amendments to the bill.
Among these was the effective date of this enactment which had
been changed from December 1 to December 15.
The next point dealt with tenancy agreements existing before
the enactment of this bill by which agreed rent increases would have
already become payable but for the "freeze" Ordinance passed in June this
year, or will become payable on or after the enactment of the bill.
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