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CAP. 7]

Landlord and Tenant (Consolidation)

[1988 Ed.

(10) Subject to subsection (12), for the purposes of this section, the rateable value of any premises shall be-

(a) in the case of premises being a tenement included in the valuation list declared in March 1977 under section 13 of the Rating Ordinance (Cap. 116) as amended or altered from time to time up to and including 10 June 1983, the rateable value contained in that list on 10 June 1983; and

(b) in any other case, the rateable value which would have been contained in the list referred to in paragraph (a) on 10 June 1983 had the premises been included in that list and which is certified by the Commissioner as regards the premises for the purposes of this section and that certificate shall be final and binding. (Replaced 29 of 1983

s. 11. Amended 77 of 1988 s. 3)

(11) The dates mentioned in subsection (10) may be amended by resolution of the Legislative Council. (Added 29 of 1983 s. 11. Amended 77 of 1988 s. 3)

(12) Any tenancy or sub-tenancy of premises excluded from this Part at any time by virtue of the operation of subsection (6)(m) shall continue to be so excluded notwithstanding any amendment of subsection (10). (Added 29 of 1983 s. 11. Amended 77 of 1988 s. 3)

Block lettings

50A. (1) For the purposes of this Part, where a tenancy is of premises consisting of 2 or more dwellings, which dwellings have an aggregated rateable value of not less than the sum mentioned in paragraph (m) of section 50(6), that paragraph shall not have the effect of excluding from the application of this Part a dwelling in those premises the rateable value of which is less than that sum; and unless otherwise excluded, this Part shall apply to such a dwelling in accordance with subsection (2).

(2) Where, by virtue of subsection (1), this Part applies to a dwelling, that dwelling-

(a) shall be deemed to be premises subject to a separate tenancy to which this Part applies and, if it is subject to a sub-tenancy, that sub-tenancy shall be deemed to have been created out of that separate tenancy; and

(b) shall have, for the purposes of sections 55 to 66, a rent, as deter- mined under section 50B, payable and recoverable in respect of it. (Amended 40 of 1984 s. 15)

(Added 52 of 1981 s. 4)

Continuation of tenancies in block lettings

50B. (1) Where-

(a) by virtue of section 50A(2), a dwelling is deemed to be subject to a

separate tenancy; and

(b) that separate tenancy continues in existence by virtue of section 52,

the rent and other terms of the tenancy of that dwelling during that continua- tion shall be consistent with this Part and---