LANDS TRIBUNAL (FEES) RULES

LANDS TRIBUNAL (FEES) RULES

LANDS TRIBUNAL (FEES) RULES
(Cap. 17, section 10(3))
[26 February 19881

L.N. 45188 -

Citation

1. These rules may be cited as the Lands Tribunal (Fees) Rules.

Fees

2. In proceedings before the Tribunal, the fee specified in, or the fee
which may be fixed under, the third column of the Schedule shall be payable in
respect of the item specified in the second column of the Schedule.

Payment of fees

3. A fee under these rules shall be payable either by adhesive stamps or
by causing the relevant document to be franked with the amount of the fee.

Power of registrar

4. The registrar may reduce, remit or defer payment of any fee under
these rules as he may think fit in any particular case and shall, if he exercises this
power, endorse on the relevant document a note of the reduction, remission or
deferment and of the reasons therefor.

Application to the Crown

5. These rules apply to all proceedings by or against the Crown.

SCHEDULE [rule2]

FEEs

Item
No. Description Fee

1 . Application to determine compensation other than under the Demolished
Buildings (Re-development of Sites) Ordinance (Cap. 337) 120.00
2. Application for an order to exclude premises from application of Part 1 of the
Landlord and Tenant (Consolidation) Ordinance (Cap. 7) 120.00
3, Application to determine compensation under the Demolished Buildings
(Re-development of Sites) Ordinance .....30.00
4. Application for order or determination other than compensation 30.00
5. Application under Part II, Part IV or Part V of the Landlord and Tenant
(Consolidation) Ordinance ...............120.00





item
No. Description Fee

6. Filing an appeal or Notice of Appeal 120.00
7. Interlocutory application ex parte or inter partes 30.00
8. Request for a case to be stated .....120.00
9. Filing order of Tribunal (including signature of registrar and sealing) 30.00
Each additional copy ................15.00
10.Amending documents in proceedings 30.00

11.Filing of expert evidence ................................................ 30.00
12.Administering any oath or declaration in the Registry of the Tribunal 30.00
13.Marking every exhibit attached to any affidavit or declaration 1.50
14.Filing any affidavit or declaration 30.00
15.Request for issuing a witness summons (each witness) 30.00
16.Application for review under section 8(2) of the Mass Transit Railway (Land
Resumption and Related Provisions) Ordinance (Cap. 276) 120.00

17.Application for extension of time under section 19(2) of the Mass Transit
Railway (Land Resumption and Related Provisions) Ordinance 120.00

18.Lodging of settlement offer under section 23(2) of the Mass Transit Railway
(Land Resumption and Related Provisions) Ordinance 30.00

19.Application to certify the amount of settlement of compensation under section
33 of the Mass Transit Railway (Land Resumption and Related Provisions)
Ordinance ............................120.00
20.Copy of any document made in the Registry of the Tribunal and certifying the
,me, per page ........................10.00
Additional copies after the first or top copy and certifying the same, per page 1.50
21.Photostatic copy of any document made in the Registry of the Tribunal and
certification-
(a) for each page or portion of a page 3.00
(b) for each page or portion of a page exceeding in size 210 nun x 297 mm such
additional
fee as the
registrar
may fix
22. Every search in the Registry of the Tribunal for each register, file or document 10.00
23.Attendance of any Government official to produce or prove in the Tribunal
any record or document called by any party other than the Crown 120.00
24.......................................Attendance of any Government official to give expert evidence in the Tribunal
called by any party other than the Crown such fee
......................................as the
......................................Presidentor
......................................presiding
......................................officer or
......................................member of
......................................the
......................................Tribunal
......................................may fix

25.Attendance of any Government official to give any other evidence in the
Tribunal called by any party other than the Crown, per hour or portion of an
hour of attendance ..................60.00

26.Attendance of witness to produce document or other papers, per hour or
portion of an hour..................of attendance ................. 60.00





Item
No. Description Fee

27..............................Attendance of witness to give expert evidence .......... such fee
.....................................as the
.....................................President or
.....................................presiding
.....................................officer or
.....................................member of
.....................................the
.....................................Tribunal
.....................................may fix
28. Attendance of witness to give any other evidence per hour or portion of an
hour of attendance ...................60.00
29................Signing every appointment to tax a bill of costs 30.00
30................................Taxing every bill-
(a) if the bill does not exceed $100 .12.00
(b) for every $100 or part of $100 allowed in excess of the first $100 3.00
31.Any certificate of the President or presiding officer or member or the registrar
not hereinbefore referred to per copy of the document certified 30.00
32...................Settling any notice or document, per page 3.00
33............................Sealing of any document 15.00
34....Filing any application, notice or document not hereinbefore referred to 30.00

35. Any other matter or proceedings not hereinbefore referred to, and for which
no fee has been specified herein ...such fee,
.......................................not
....................................exceeding
...................................$360,asthe
....................................registrar
.....................................may fix
36.............................Translation, per page 15.00
37.Certification..........
10.00

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