Hong Kong Ordinances

LANDLORD AND TENANT (CONSOLIDATION) ORDINANCE - SECT 50A

Block lettings

(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
        determined under section 50B, payable and recoverable in respect of
        it. <*Note - Exp. X-Ref.: Sections 55, 55A, 56, 56A, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 
 63, 63A, 64, 65, 66 *> (Amended 40 of 1984 s. 15) (Added 52 of
        1981 s. 4)