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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1991
EXTENSION OF CROWN RENT & PREMIUM (APPORTIONMENT) ORDINANCE
HAS BEEN
IN THE
NEW
THE CROWN RENT AND PREMIUM (APPORTIONMENT) ORDINANCE EXTENDED TO
REMAINING COVER ALL
UNAFFECTED LAND TERRITORIES, EFFECTIVE FROM OCTOBER 1 THIS YEAR.
SAID TODAY
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE BUILDINGS AND LANDS DEPARTMENT
THE POWERS EXERCISED (THURSDAY) THE EXTENSION WAS MADE ACCORDING TO BY THE GOVERNOR UNDER THE ORDINANCE.
AT IMPROVING THE
CROWN EXISTING
RENT
HE POINTED OUT THAT THE EXTENSION WAS AIMED COST-EFFECTIVENESS
EFFICIENCY OF THE
COLLECTION SYSTEM.
AND
LOT'S
THE SPOKESMAN NOTED THAT THE MAIN OBJECTIVE OF WAS TO ACHIEVE A FAIR AND REASONABLE APPORTIONMENT OF CROWN PREMIUM ON SECTIONS OF
AS WELL AS ON MULTI-STOREY BUILDINGS.
THIS
ORDINANCE RENT AND FLATS INDIVIDUAL
IN
THE EXISTING PRACTICE IN RESPECT
ONE OF
OF LOTS INVOLVING MULTIPLE THE CO-OWNERS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
OWNERSHIP WAS TO MAKE PAYMENT OF CROWN RENT FOR THE WHOLE LOT.
CO-OWNER "THIS IS UNSATISFACTORY BECAUSE THE
RESPONSIBLE
ΤΟ SEEK REIMBURSEMENT FOR SUCH PAYMENT HAS NO STATUTORY RIGHT CROWN RENT HE HAS PAID FROM THE OTHER CO-OWNERS.
FOR
THE
CROWN RENT
"FURTHERMORE, HE HAS NO MEANS TO DETERMINE HOW THE SHOULD BE APPORTIONED AS ONLY THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF CROWN RENT IS IN THE DEMAND NOTE, HE SAID.
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SHOWN
NEW TERRITORIES EXTENSION WAS NOT MADE TO COVER THE WHOLE THE OUTSET WHEN THE ORDINANCE WAS ENACTED IN 1970 BECAUSE
NEW
UP TERRITORIES OF LOTS IN MULTI-OWNERSHIP IN THE SMALL, THE SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED.
AT
THE NUMBER ΤΟ THEN WAS
"HOWEVER, THE NUMBER
OF
MULTI-STOREY BUILDINGS IN THE NEW AND PROBLEMS TERRITORIES HAS SEEN A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE SINCE 1976,
CASES WHERE HAVE BEEN ENCOUNTERED IN THE COLLECTION OF CROWN RENT IN MULTIPLE OWNERSHIP IS INVOLVED, HE SAID.
UPON
EXTENSION, APPORTIONMENT
THE REGISTRAR UNIT FOR THE
IMPLEMENTATION THE
OF THE GENERAL'S DEPARTMENT HAS ESTABLISHED AN NEW TERRITORIES TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY SERVICES.
CAN FROM NOW ON PROPERTY OWNERS
APPLY FOR APPORTIONMENT OF IN THE NEW CROWN RENT IN RESPECT OF THEIR RELEVANT INTEREST IN LAND TERRITORIES.
THEY MAY APPROACH THE RESPECTIVE DISTRICT LAND PROCEDURE DETAILS AND FURTHER INFORMATION.
REGISTRIES FOR
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