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Annual reports.
Icases of land in estates.
[SA DE 1972,
Remission of rent.
Certain
Ordinances not
to apply. (Cap. 1243
(Cap. 192)
statement of accounts signed by the Chairman together with a copy of the report made by the auditor on that statement or on the accounts of the Authority,
(4) The Colonial Secretary shall lay a copy of every such statement and report on the table of the Legislative Council not later than the 30th day of September next following the end of the financial year or before such later date as the Governor may allow.
15. (D) The Authority shall, as soon as possible after the end of each financial year, make to the Governor a report dealing generally with the activities of the Authority during that year.
(2) The Colonial Secretary shall lay a copy of every such annual report on the table of the Legislative Council not later than the 30th day of September next following the financial year to which the annual report relates or before such later date as the Governor may allow.
PART III
DISPOSAL OF PROPERTY
16. (1) Subject to this Ordinance, the Authority may- (a) let to any person, for any period, any land in an estate, subject to the payment of such premium, rent or other consideration as the Authority may determine; and (b) fix the terms, covenants and conditions on which any
land in an estate may be let or occupied.
(2) Where the Authority grants a lease under subsection (1) of Crown land in an estate of which control aud management has been vested in it under section 5, 38 or 39, the person occupying the land under and in accordance with the lease shall be deemed, for the purposes of sections 4 and 6 of the Crown Land Ordin- ance 1972, to be occupying the land under a licence issued under section 5 of that Ordinance.
17. The Authority may remit, in whole or in part and for such period as it thinks fit, the payment of any reut, premium or other consideration payable under any lease.
18. The Buildings Ordinance, Part VII of the Public Health and Urban Services Ordinance and any regulations made under that Part shall not apply to any building or structure to which a lease under section 16 relates.
PART IV
Control of ESTATES
19. (1) Notwithstanding the terms thereof, the Authority Termination
of lease. may terminate any lease-
(a) without notice, if, in the opinion of the Authority, the land beld under the lease has become unfit for human habitation, a nuisance, dangerous to health or unsafe;
or
(b) otherwise. by giving such notice to quit as may be provided for in the lease or one month's notice to quit, whichever is the greater.
(2) Upon the termination of a lease under subsection (1), the tenant shall, if he is still occupying the land, be a trespasser thereon.
(3) No court shall have jurisdiction to hear any application for relief by or on behalf of a person whose lease has been terminated under subsection (1) in connexion with such termina- tion.
20. (1) Where a lease has been terminated under section 1901Xa), or where a notice to quit has been served under section 19(1)(b), the tenant may, not later than ten days from the date of the termination or the date of service of the notice to quit, as the case may be, appeal to the commitice appointed by the Authority under section 7(2),
(2) An appeal under subsection (1) shall be in writing and shall state the grounds of the appeal.
(3) The committee, in determining an appeal against a termination—
(a) under section 19(1)(a), may confirm, suspend or cancel
the termination;
(8) under section 19(1)(b), may confirm, amend, suspend or
cancel the notice to quit.
(4) The decision of the committee shall be final.
21. (1) Subject to subsection (2), any person who is a Trespasser in an estate shall leave the estate when ordered to do so by an authorized officer,
(2) A person, upon whom a notice to quit has been served under section 19(1)(5) and who has appealed against the notice under section 20, shall not be deemed to be a trespasser until his appeal has been determined.
Appeal against termination.
Eviction of trespassers.
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