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CAP. 116]

Rating

[1987 Ed.

54/9054

Extension of time for furnishing particulars.

$78/9055

Use of returned requisition as evidence.

[cf 1967, c. 9, s. 83(2).]

(c) at any reasonable time, with the consent of the occupier thereof, or of the owner thereof if there is no occupier or if the occupier cannot be found, enter and inspect any tenement (whether or not the tenement is in a specified area) and take such measurements and other particulars as he thinks fit for all or any of the following purposes-

(i) ascertaining the rateable value of the tenement;

(ii) ascertaining whether any amount paid in respect of rates is refundable;

(iii) ascertaining whether the tenement is qualified to be exempted;

(iv) ascertaining whether the tenement is unoccupied; and

(v) for any other purpose connected with the valuation of the tenement; and

(d) where he is unable to effect an entry into the tenement in accordance with paragraph (c), serve on the owner and occupier of the tenement notice in writing requiring per- mission to enter and inspect the tenement for all or any of the purposes specified in paragraph (c), and after the expiry of 24 hours from the service of the notice may, at any reasonable time during day-light, enter (using such force as is necessary therefor) and inspect the tenement and take such measurements and other particulars as he thinks fit for any such purposes.

(2)

6. (1) An owner or occupier may, within the period of time specified in a requisition served on him under section apply in

Em writing to the Commissioner for an extension of the time allowed for furnishing the particulars required by the requisition.

(2) On receipt of an application under subsection (1), the Commissioner may grant such extension of time as to him appears reasonable in the circumstances.

6A. (1) A returned requisition shall in any proceedings before the Lands Tribunal or the Court of Appeal be admissible as evidence of the facts stated in the returned requisition; and any document purporting to be a returned requisition shall in any such pro- ceedings, be presumed, unless the contrary is shown-

(a) to be such a returned requisition;

(b) to have been made by the persons by whom it purports to

have been made; and

(c) if it purports to have been made by a person as owner or occupier of a tenement, or in any other capacity specified in the returned requisition, to have been made by him as such owner, occupier, or in that other capacity, as the case may be.