Hong Kong Regulations

LANDS TRIBUNAL RULES - RULE 58

Notice of appeal

PART X

PROCEEDINGS UNDER THE DEMOLISHED BUILDINGS (RE-DEVELOPMENT OF SITES) ORDINANCE

(1) Appeals to the Tribunal under the Demolished Buildings 
(Re-development of Sites) Ordinance ( Cap 337) shall be instituted as follows-

   (a)  under section 4(1), by filing with the Registrar a notice of appeal
        substantially in accordance with Form 16 and, if the appellant seeks
        an extension of the time allowed for such appeal, an application
        therefor;

   (b)  under section 6(3), by filing with the Registrar a notice of appeal
        substantially in accordance with Form 17.

(2) A copy of every notice of appeal under this Part shall be served by the
appellant on the Director of Buildings or the Director of Lands within 21 days
after it is filed and the Director shall within 21 days after such service
send to the Registrar a copy of the order or assessment which is the subject
of appeal.

(3) The Director of Buildings or the Director of Lands shall, if he wishes to
oppose the appeal, within 21 days of the service of the notice of appeal upon
him file with the Registrar, and serve a copy on the appellant, a notice of
opposition substantially in accordance with Form 7 stating the grounds thereof
and that he wishes to be heard. The Director of Buildings or the Director of
Lands shall, in his notice of opposition, state the facts relied upon by him
in sufficient detail to enable the appellant to know the case he has to meet.

(4) Notwithstanding rule 27, an appellant may, at any time before the hearing,
withdraw his appeal, without the leave of the Tribunal, by giving notice in
writing thereof to the Registrar and the Director of Buildings or the Director
of Lands. (Enacted 1994)