674
No. 11 of 1899.
PIERS.
Scale of rents chargeable for piers.
Schedule.
Duration and revision of scale of rents.
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Schedule.
Erection of new pier.
3. (1) Rent in accordance with the scale specified in the Schedule shall (except in cases where rent on a higher scale is now payable to the Government by agreement) be payable to the Treasury by the owner of any pier, whether already erected or hereafter to be erected or re-erected over Crown foreshore, notwithstanding any agreement or understanding between the Government and the owner of such pier or any of his predecessors in title, to the effect that no rent or rent on a lower scale should be payable in respect of such pier.
(2) Such rent shall be payable in advance, and, in the case of a new pier, shall commence to be payable from the date of the granting of the licence or lease therefor: Provided, nevertheless, that no rent shall be chargeable in respect of any pier which is removed before the expiration of one month from the date of the granting of the licence or lease for its erection, and that rent for such a pier, if paid, shall be refunded.
(3) In the case of the extension of an existing pier, the extra rent for the extra land to be covered by such extension shall commence to be payable from the date of the granting of the licence or lease for such extension.
(4) It shall be lawful, however, for the Governor in Council to remit the whole or a portion of any rent which is chargeable under this section.
4. (1) The scale of rents specified in the Schedule shall continue in force until revised as hereinafter provided.
(2) It shall be lawful for the Legislative Council by resolution from time to time to revise the said scale of rents in any way whatsoever, and any such revised scale of rents shall continue in force for such period as may be specified in the said resolution: Provided that any such revised scale of rents brought into force after the 31st day of December, 1924, and before the 1st day of January, 1950, shall continue in force until the end of the year 1949.
5. No pier shall be erected or re-erected except with the leave of the Director of Public Works, and every such pier shall be
As amended by No. 29 of 1930 [12.12.30] and Law Rev. Ord., 1937. As amended by No. 4 of 1924 [15.8.24] and Law Rev. Ord., 1937.
674
No. 11 of 1899.
PIERS.
Scale of rents chargeable
for piers.
Schedule.
Duration and revision
of scale of rents.
+
Schedule.
Erection of new pier.
3. (1) Rent in accordance with the scale specified in the Schedule shall (except in cases where rent on a higher scale is now payable to the Government by agreement) be payable to the Treasury by the owner of any pier, whether already erected or hereafter to be erected or re-erected over Crown foreshore, notwithstanding any agreement or understanding between the Government and the owner of such pier or any of his predecessors in title, to the effect that no rent or rent on a lower scale should be payable in respect of such pier.
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(2) Such rent shall be payable in advance, and, in the case of a new pier, shall commence to be payable from the date of the granting of the licence or lease therefor: Provided, never- theless, that no rent shall be chargeable in respect of any pier which is removed before the expiration of one month from the date of the granting of the licence or lease for its erection, and that rent for such a pier, if paid, shall be refunded.
(3) In the case of the extension of an existing pier, the extra rent for the extra land to be covered by such extension shall commence to be payable from the date of the granting of the licence or lease for such extension.
(4) It shall be lawful, however, for the Governor in Council to remit the whole or a portion of any rent which is chargeable under this section..
4. (1) The scale of rents specified in the Schedule shall continue in force until revised as hereinafter provided.
(2) It shall be lawful for the Legislative Council by resolu- tion from time to time to revise the said scale of rents in any way whatsoever, and any such revised scale of rents shall continue in force for such period as may be specified in the said resolution : Provided that any such revised scale of rents brought into force after the 31st day of December, 1924, and before the 1st day of January, 1950, shall continue in force until the end of the year 1949.
5. No pier shall be erected or re-erected except with the leave of the Director of Public Works, and every such pier shall be
As amended by No. 29 of 1930 [12.12.30] and Law Rev. Ord., 1937. As amended by No. 4 of 1924 [15.8.24] and Law Rev. Ord., 1937.
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