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[CAP. 116

(ii) the annual rate provided for in sub-paragraph (s. 51 cont.] (i) may be altered by resolution of the Legislative Council;

(iii) nothing in this Ordinance shall be deemed to repeal or affect any of the provisions of the Waterworks Ordinance or the New Territories (Cap. 102.) Ordinance;

the above rates shall be paid quarterly in advance, at the office of the District Officer of the district and the times appointed for payment need not be notified in the Gazette but shall be published by him in each urban area in his district;

(Cap. 97.)

(f) where default has been made by any person in payment of any rate, the District Commissioner shall have the same powers as the collector of Crown Rent under regulations made under the New Territories Ordinance, and the said regulations (Cap. 97.) (necessary changes being made) shall apply to the recovery of rates;

(g) refund of rates may be made by the District Commissioner on the same terms and subject to the same conditions and right of appeal as those set out in sections 34 to 39: Provided that in the case of a building let to more than one tenant, one or more of the floors of which is unoccupied during one or more entire months of any quarter, it shall be lawful for the District Commissioner to grant in respect of such non-occupation a refund not exceeding twenty per cent of the rates payable for that quarter;

(h) the prescribed forms may be adapted and modified as the District Commissioner may find necessary. [49]

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44 Rating. [CAP. 116 (ii) the annual rate provided for in sub-paragraph (s. 51 cont.] (i) may be altered by resolution of the Legislative Council; (iii) nothing in this Ordinance shall be deemed to repeal or affect any of the provisions of the Waterworks Ordinance or the New Territories (Cap. 102.) Ordinance; the above rates shall be paid quarterly in advance, at the office of the District Officer of the district and the times appointed for payment need not be notified in the Gazette but shall be published by him in each urban area in his district; (Cap. 97.) (f) where default has been made by any person in payment of any rate, the District Commissioner shall have the same powers as the collector of Crown Rent under regulations made under the New Territories Ordinance, and the said regulations (Cap. 97.) (necessary changes being made) shall apply to the recovery of rates; (g) refund of rates may be made by the District Commissioner on the same terms and subject to the same conditions and right of appeal as those set out in sections 34 to 39: Provided that in the case of a building let to more than one tenant, one or more of the floors of which is unoccupied during one or more entire months of any quarter, it shall be lawful for the District Commissioner to grant in respect of such non-occupation a refund not exceeding twenty per cent of the rates payable for that quarter; (h) the prescribed forms may be adapted and modified as the District Commissioner may find necessary. [49] 387

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44 Rating. [CAP. 116 (ii) the annual rate provided for in sub-paragraph (s. 51 cont.] (i) may be altered by resolution of the Legislative Council; (iii) nothing in this Ordinance shall be deemed to repeal or affect any of the provisions of the Waterworks Ordinance or the New Territories (Cap. 102.) Ordinance; the above rates shall be paid quarterly in advance. at the office of the District Officer of the district and the times appointed for payment need not be notified in the Gazette but shall be published by him in each urban area in his district; (Cap. 97.) (f) where default has been made by any person in payment of any rate, the District Commissioner shall have the same powers as the collector of Crown Rent under regulations made under the New Territories Ordinance, and the said regulations (Cap. 97.) (necessary changes being made) shall apply to the recovery of rates; (g) refund of rates may be made by the District Com- missioner on the same terms and subject to the same conditions and right of appeal as those set out in sections 34 to 39: Provided that in the case of a building let to more than one tenant, one or more of the floors of which is unoccupied during one or more entire months of any quarter, it shall be lawful for the District Commissioner to grant in respect of such non-occupation a refund not exceeding twenty per cent of the rates payable for that quarter; (h) the prescribed forms may be adapted and modified as the District Commissioner may find necessary. [49] 387

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Rating.

[CAP. 116

(ii) the annual rate provided for in sub-paragraph (s. 51 cont.] (i) may be altered by resolution of the Legislative

Council;

(iii) nothing in this Ordinance shall be deemed to repeal or affect any of the provisions of the Waterworks Ordinance or the New Territories (Cap. 102.) Ordinance;

the above rates shall be paid quarterly in advance. at the office of the District Officer of the district and the times appointed for payment need not be notified in the Gazette but shall be published by him in each urban area in his district;

(Cap. 97.)

(g) refund of rates may be made by the District Com- missioner on the same terms and subject to the same conditions and right of appeal as those set out in sections 34 to 39: Provided that in the case of a building let to more than one tenant, one or more of the floors of which is unoccupied during one or more entire months of any quarter, it shall be lawful for the District Commissioner to grant in respect of such non-occupation a refund not exceeding twenty per cent of the rates payable for that quarter;

(h) the prescribed forms may be adapted and modified as the District Commissioner may find necessary. [49]

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