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Enclosure No.4

A BILL

To

Amend the Landlord and Tenant (Consolidation) Ordinance.

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 Landlord and Tenant (Consolida- Short title and tion) (Amendment) Ordinance 1986 and, subject to subsection (2), shall come into commencement. operation on 1 August 1986.

(2) Section 3 shall come into operation on 19 December 1986.

2. Section 10(1) of the principal Ordinance is amended by deleting "27" and Amendment of substituting the following--

"30".

section 10. (Cap. 7.)

3. Section 58(2) of the principal Ordinance is amended in the proviso by Amendment of deleting "55" wherever it occurs and substituting the following-

"60".

4. Section 75 of the principal Ordinance is amended-

(a) by inserting before the definition of "court" the following definition--

"Collector of Rates" has the meaning assigned to it in section 2 of the

Rating Ordinance;"; and

(Cap. 116.)

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

"rateable value" means—

(Cap. 116.)

5.

following

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(a) in the case of premises being a tenement included in a valuation list maintained by the Collector of Rates under section 14A of the Rating Ordinance, the rateable value shown in that list; or

(b) in any other case, the rateable value certified under section

75A;".

section 58.

Amendment of section 75.

The principal Ordinance is amended by adding after section 75 the Addition of new

"Certificate as to rateable value.

(Cap. 116.)

75A. For the purposes of ascertaining the rateable value of any premises in connexion with any application under section 101 a certificate purporting to be under the hand of an officer of the Rating and Valuation Department not below the rank of Rent Officer showing in respect of any particular day-

(a) in the case of premises being a tenement included in a valuation list maintained by the Collector of Rates under section 14A of the Rating Ordinance, the rateable value shown in that list; or

(b) in any other case, whether or not the rateable value of those premises exceeds the sum mentioned in section 101(1),

shall be admissible in any proceedings on its production and without. further proof and shall be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein.".

section 75A.