6 Oct 2006
MTR CORPORATION LTD v. THE COMMISSIONER OF RATING AND VALUATION
- Citation
- MTR CORPORATION LTD v. THE COMMISSIONER OF RATING AND VALUATION
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCAL96/2005
The Rent Ordinance s.29 creates a self-contained, certain regime governing holding over orders; absent express contrary intention in that Ordinance, s.46 of the Interpretation Ordinance does not give the Commissioner a general power to withdraw holding over orders made under s.29. A holding over order ordinarily endures until final determination of the statutory dispute process and may only be cancelled before that time on the specific grounds contained in s.29(5). Where the Commissioner cancelled orders under s.29(5) for unreasonable delay or risk of irrecoverability he may act within his st…