CO129-554-2 Rating Amendment Ordinance 1935 15-3-1935 - 18-3-1935 — Page 7

HONG KONG.

No. 10 of 1935.

I assent.

W. PEEL,

L.S.

Governor.

15th March, 1935.

An Ordinance to amend the Rating Ordinance, 1901.

[15th March, 1935.]

Be it enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as fol- lows:-

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Rating Amend- Short title. ment Ordinance, 1935.

2. The Rating Ordinance, 1901, is amended by the Amendment addition of the following heading and section at the end thereof :--

Modifications in New Territories (other than New Kowloon).

of Ordinance

No. 6 of 1901 by addition of new s. 49 and heading.

Special

49. In their application to the New Territories, other than New Kowloon, the provisions of this Ordinance shall modifications be subject to the following modifications:-

for rating in the New Territories,

New

(1) The powers and duties of the Assessor and of the other than Treasurer shall be exercised and carried out by the District Kowloon. Officer, North, in respect of the Northern District, and by the District Officer, South, in respect of the Southern District of the said Territories. The office of the appropriate District Officer shall be substituted for the Treasury in Section 14.

(2)(a) Rates shall be assessed, imposed and levied in respect of buildings only, and in such areas only, as may be declared by the Governor in Council to be urban areas. The words "urban area" shall be substituted for the word "district" in lines 2 and 5 of section 15.

(b) Every such urban area shall be delineated and shewn on a plan approved by the Governor in Council and deposited in the office of the District Officer of the district in which such area is situated.

(3)—(a) Rateable buildings shall be classified as follows:

Special class...Buildings which are valued by the assess- ing officer at over $4,000.

First class..

.Buildings which are valued by the assess- ing officer at over $2,000 but not over $4,000.

Second class...Buildings which are valued by the assess- ing officer at over $750 but not over $2,000.

7