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Effect of apportionment on relevant interest.

(2) The Land Officer shall add to the annual instalment of premium determined in accordance with subsection (1)—

(a) such sum as may be necessary to make the same an even

number of dollars; and

(6) a further sum of ten dollars,

and the detemained annual instalment of premium payable in respect of the relevant interest shall be the sum so ascertained.

15. (1) With effect from the publication in the Gazette of notice under subsection (2) of section 22—

(a) the owner of the relevant interest shall be liable to pay

the determined Crown rent to the Crown—

(i) as from the day up to which the principal Crown rent has been paid: or

(ii) where the Crown rent payable in respect of another relevant interest of which the relevant interest at some time formed part has been determined under this Ordin- ance, as from the day up to which the determined Crown rent payable in respect of that other relevant interest has been paid; and

(b) any liability of the owner of the relevant interest in respect of the payment of the principal Crown rent to the Crown shall determine.

(2) With effect from the publication in the Gazette of notice under subsection (2) of section 22-

(a) the owner of the relevant interest shall be liable to pay the determined annual instalment of premium to the Crown-

() as from the day on which the last annual instalment of the principal premium which has been paid became due; or

(ii) where the annual instalment of the principal premium payable in respect of another relevant interest of which the relevant interest at some time formed part has been determined under this Ordinance, as from the day on which the last determined annual instalment of premium which has been paid became due; and

(b) any liability of the owner of the relevant interest in respect of the payment of the principal premium to the Crown shall determine.

16. (1) Where-

(a) a relevant interest at some time formed part of another

relevant interest: and

(b) the Crown rent payable in respect of that other relevant

interest has been determined under this Ordinance,

then, until the Crown rent payable in respect of the relevant interest is determined under this Ordinance, the owner thereof shall be liable to the Crown, jointly and severally with the owner of each other relevant interest which at some time formed part of such other relevant interest, for the payment of the determined Crown rent payable in respect of such other relevant interest.

(2) Where-

(a) a relevant interest at some time formed part of another

relevant interest; and

(6) the annual instalment of the principal premium payable in respect of that other relevant interest has been deter- mined under this Ordinance.

then, until the annual instalment of the principal premium payable in respect of the relevant interest is determined under this Ordin- ance, the owner thereof shall be liable to the Crown, jointly and severally with the owner of each other relevant interest which at some time formed part of such other relevant interest, for the pay- ment of the determined annual instalment of premium payable in respect of such other relevant interest.

17. Save in so far as the same is necessarily affected by the operation of section 15 or 16, the Crown lease of the lot shall continue in full force and effect.

PART IV.

APPORTIONMENT PROCEDURE,

18. Where the Land Officer proposes to exercise his powers under section 12, he shall cause to be published in the Gazette and affixed in a conspicuous position in or on the building a notice specifying

(a) the relevant interests in relation to which he proposes to

exercise those powers; and

(b) a provisional determination of the Crown rent, and of the annual instalment of premium if any, payable in respect of each of the relevant interests.

Liability for payment of determined Crown rent and premium where relevant interests formed part of another relevant

interest.

Saving of Crown lease.

Notice of intention to apportion on relevant interests.