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Amendment of section 16.

Ord. No. 11/87

RATING (AMENDMENT)

6. Section 16(3)(a) of the principal Ordinance is amended by inso ing after "after" the following-

"an agreement has been signed under section 40(1A) or”.

Repeal of section 19.

7.

Section 19 of the principal Ordinance is repealed.

Amendment of section 26.

8.

Section 26(2) of the principal Ordinance is amended—

(a) by inserting after "after" in the second place where it occurs the

following-

"an agreement has been signed under section 40(1A) or”; and (b) by deleting "in writing".

RATING (AMENDMENT)

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(b) in subsection (2), by deleting "on receipt of a notice of objection

under subsection (1)” and substituting the following-

"where a person has served a notice of objection under subsection (1) and no agreement has been signed under subsection (1A)”; and

(c) in subsection (3), by deleting “A” and substituting the following- "An agreement referred to in subsection (1A) and a”.

Passed by the Hong Kong Legislative Council this 18th day of February 1987.

Amendment of section 30.

9.

Section 30 of the principal Ordinance is amended-

LAW Kam-sang,

Clerk to the Legislative Council.

Repeal of section 34.

Amendment of section 36.

Amendment of section 40.

(a) in subsection (1), by deleting "paid" in the second place where it

occurs and substituting the following-

"payable";

(b) in subsection (2), by deleting "paid" in the second place where it

occurs and substituting the following—

"payable"; and

(c) by inserting, after subsection (6), the following-

"(7) In this section, "the amount payable"

(a) does not include any sum payable in addition to

rates under section 22(2) or (2A) or section 29; and

(b) is calculated without regard to anything done under

section 50A.".

10. Section 34 of the principal Ordinance is repealed.

11. Section 36(4) of the principal Ordinance is amended-

(a) in the definition of "agricultural land", by inserting after "market

garden," the following-

“a nursery ground,”; and

(b) by inserting, after the definition of "agricultural land", the follow-

ing

""building" includes any structure;”.

12. Section 40 of the principal Ordinance is amended- (a) by inserting, after subsection (1), the following-

"(1A) Where a notice of objection is served under subsec- tion (1), the Commissioner and the person making the objec- tion may agree to confirm, vary or set aside the correction, deletion or interim valuation and where they do so agree they shall sign an agreement in the specified form.";

This printed impression has been carefully compared by me with the bill, and is found by me to be a true and correctly printed copy of the said bill.

LAW Kam-sang,

Clerk to the Legislative Council.