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RATING (AMENDMENT)

L.S.

HONG KONG

No. 1 OF 1986

I assent.

An Ordinance to amend the Rating Ordinance.

Ord. No. 1/86

A3

Edward YOUDE,

Governor.

23 January 1986

[1 April 1986]

Enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof.

1. (1) This Ordinance may be cited as the Rating (Amendment) Ordinance Short title and 1986.

commencement.

(2) Subject to subsection (3) this Ordinance shall come into operation on

1 April 1986.

(3) Section 5 shall come into operation on 1 May 1986.

2.

Section 2 of the principal Ordinance is amended—

(a)

by deleting the definition of "rates" and substituting the following--

""rates" means-

Amendment of section 2. (Cap. 116.)

(Cap. 366.)

(a) in relation to the Urban Council area, general rates and

Urban Council rates; and

(b) in relation to the Regional Council arca, general rates and

Regional Council rates:

"Regional Council area" has the meaning assigned to it in the District

Boards Ordinance;"; and

(b) by inserting after the definition of "tenement" the following-

(Cap. 366.)

3.

""Urban Council area" has the meaning assigned to it in the District

Boards Ordinance;”.

Section 18 of the principal Ordinance is amended-

(a) by deleting subsection (!) and substituting the following--

(1) Subject to this Ordinance, there shall be payable, with effect from 1 April in each year, on the rateable value of

(a) every tenement in the Urban Council area and included in a valuation list in force, general rates and Urban Council rates;

and

(b) every tenement in the Regional Council area and included in a valuation list in force, general rates and Regional Council

rates,

which shall be computed in respect of the tenements concerned on the basis of such percentage of the rateable value of the tenements as may be prescribed for the purposes of this subsection and different percent- ages may be prescribed in respect of tenements in the Urban Council area and the Regional Council area."; and

Amendment of section 18.