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No. 6 of 1901.

RATING.

[cf. s. 49 (3) (d).]

Appoint-ment of Assessor. [cf. s. 49 (1).]

(f) Owner means the holder of any tenement direct from the Crown, whether under lease, licence or otherwise, or the immediate landlord of any tenement, or the agent of any such holder or landlord who is absent or under disability;

(g) "Pier" includes wharf;

(h) Rateable value means the rent at which any tenement might reasonably be expected to let, at the time of the valuation, from year to year, if the tenant undertook to pay all usual tenants' rates and taxes, if the landlord undertook to pay the Crown rent and the costs of repairs and insurance, with any other expenses necessary to maintain the tenement in a state to command that rent. Such rateable value shall not include the value of any machinery upon or in the tenement. In the case of buildings let to more than one occupier, there may be deducted from the total annual rent of the whole tenement, estimated as aforesaid, a sum not exceeding twenty per cent. of the whole as an allowance for such portions of such buildings as may reasonably be expected to be unlet from time to time during the ensuing year, and the remainder shall be the rateable value;

(i) Tenement means any land, with or without buildings, which is held or occupied as a distinct or separate holding or tenancy, except piers;

(j) "Unoccupied," when applied to a tenement, means while such tenement is put to no beneficial use and, when applied to a building, means while such building is neither used for storage of any goods or chattels nor used for habitation, except by a caretaker;

(k) "Year" means the period from the 1st day of July in any year to the 30th day of June next following, or any other period of twelve months fixed by the Governor in Council.

The Assessor.

3. The Governor may appoint an Assessor and such assistant assessors as he may deem necessary for the purposes of this Ordinance, and may allow them such remuneration as he thinks fit.

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916 1 No. 6 of 1901. RATING. [cf. s. 49 (3) (d).] Appoint-ment of Assessor. [cf. s. 49 (1).] (f) Owner means the holder of any tenement direct from the Crown, whether under lease, licence or otherwise, or the immediate landlord of any tenement, or the agent of any such holder or landlord who is absent or under disability; (g) "Pier" includes wharf; (h) Rateable value means the rent at which any tenement might reasonably be expected to let, at the time of the valuation, from year to year, if the tenant undertook to pay all usual tenants' rates and taxes, if the landlord undertook to pay the Crown rent and the costs of repairs and insurance, with any other expenses necessary to maintain the tenement in a state to command that rent. Such rateable value shall not include the value of any machinery upon or in the tenement. In the case of buildings let to more than one occupier, there may be deducted from the total annual rent of the whole tenement, estimated as aforesaid, a sum not exceeding twenty per cent. of the whole as an allowance for such portions of such buildings as may reasonably be expected to be unlet from time to time during the ensuing year, and the remainder shall be the rateable value; (i) Tenement means any land, with or without buildings, which is held or occupied as a distinct or separate holding or tenancy, except piers; (j) "Unoccupied," when applied to a tenement, means while such tenement is put to no beneficial use and, when applied to a building, means while such building is neither used for storage of any goods or chattels nor used for habitation, except by a caretaker; (k) "Year" means the period from the 1st day of July in any year to the 30th day of June next following, or any other period of twelve months fixed by the Governor in Council. The Assessor. 3. The Governor may appoint an Assessor and such assistant assessors as he may deem necessary for the purposes of this Ordinance, and may allow them such remuneration as he thinks fit.
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916 1 No. 6 of 1901. RATING. [cf. s. 49 (3) (d).] Appoint- ment of Assessor. [ct. s. 49 (1).1 (f) Owner means the holder of any tenement direct from the Crown, whether under lease, licence or otherwise, or the immediate landlord of any tenement, or the agent of any such holder or landlord who is absent or under disability; Rateable value (g) "Pier" includes wharf; (h) means the rent at which any tene- ment might reasonably be expected to let, at the time of the valuation, from year to year, if the tenant undertook to pay all usual tenants' rates and taxes, if the landlord undertook to pay the Crown rent and the costs of repairs and insurance, with any other expenses necessary to maintain the tenement in a state to command that rent. Such rateable value shall not include the value of any machinery upon or in the tenement. In the case of buildings let to more than one occupier, there may be deducted from the total annual rent of the whole tenement, estimated as aforesaid, a sum not exceeding twenty per cent. of the whole as an allowance for such portions of such buildings as may reasonably be expected to be unlet from time to time during the ensuing year, and the remainder shall be the rateable value; (i) Tenement means any land, with or without build- ings, which is held or occupied as a distinct or separate holding or tenancy, except piers; "" (i) Unoccupied," when applied to a tenement, means while such tenement is put to no beneficial use and, when applied to a building, means while such building is neither used for storage of any goods or chattels nor used for habitation, except by a caretaker; (k)"Year" means the period from the 1st day of July in any year to the 30th day of June next following, or any other period of twelve months fixed by the Governor in Council. The Assessor. 3. The Governor may appoint an Assessor and such assist- ant assessors as he may deem necessary for the purposes of this Ordinance, and may allow them such remuneration as he thinks fit. ::
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916

1

No. 6 of 1901.

RATING.

[cf. s. 49 (3) (d).]

Appoint- ment of Assessor. [ct. s. 49 (1).1

(f)

Owner means the holder of any tenement direct from the Crown, whether under lease, licence or otherwise, or the immediate landlord of any tenement, or the agent of any such holder or landlord who is absent or under disability;

Rateable value

(g) "Pier" includes wharf;

(h)

means the rent at which any tene- ment might reasonably be expected to let, at the time of the valuation, from year to year, if the tenant undertook to pay all usual tenants' rates and taxes, if the landlord undertook to pay the Crown rent and the costs of repairs and insurance, with any other expenses necessary to maintain the tenement in a state to command that rent. Such rateable value shall not include the value of any machinery upon or in the tenement. In the case of buildings let to more than one occupier, there may be deducted from the total annual rent of the whole tenement, estimated as aforesaid, a sum not exceeding twenty per cent. of the whole as an allowance for such portions of such buildings as may reasonably be expected to be unlet from time to time during the ensuing year, and the remainder shall be the rateable value;

(i)

Tenement means any land, with or without build- ings, which is held or occupied as a distinct or separate holding or tenancy, except piers;

""

(i) Unoccupied," when applied to a tenement, means while such tenement is put to no beneficial use and, when applied to a building, means while such building is neither used for storage of any goods or chattels nor used for habitation, except by a caretaker;

(k)"Year" means the period from the 1st day of July in any year to the 30th day of June next following, or any other period of twelve months fixed by the Governor in Council.

The Assessor.

3. The Governor may appoint an Assessor and such assist- ant assessors as he may deem necessary for the purposes of this Ordinance, and may allow them such remuneration as he thinks fit.

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