Chapter:	515A	Title:	GOVERNMENT RENT (ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION) REGULATION	Gazette Number:
Section:	8	Heading:	Documents relevant to determination of effective date of deletion and of interim valuation	Version Date:	30/06/1997

(1) Subject to subsection (2), the document specified for the purposes of sections 6 and 7 shall be-

(a) for a tenement comprised in a newly constructed building for which a certificate of exemption has been issued under section 4 or 5 of the Buildings Ordinance (Application to the New Territories) Ordinance (Cap 121), a certificate of compliance, document or instrument signed by the Director or a person authorized by him stating that-
(i) the conditions contained in the building licence or in the lease including those relating to the erection of the building, if any, have been complied with; or
(ii) the Director or the authorized person has no objection to the building being occupied;
(b) for a tenement comprised in a building newly constructed by or on behalf of the Hong Kong Housing Authority for sale as a tenement to be used wholly or primarily for domestic purposes, an instrument signed by the Director of Housing or a person authorized by him certifying that the building is completed;
(c) for a tenement comprised in a newly constructed building, other than any of the tenements referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b), where a restriction on alienation is contained in the lease of the land on which the building is erected, whichever is the earliest issued of any of the documents which is-
(i) a consent in writing signed by the Director or a person authorized by him to the lease of the building or a part or parts thereof which include the tenement, or to the assignment of an interest in the land upon which the building has been erected; or
(ii) a certificate of compliance in respect of the land upon which the building has been erected;
(d) for a tenement comprised in a newly constructed building, other than any of the tenements referred to in paragraphs (a) to (c), an occupation permit or a temporary occupation permit issued under section 21 of the Buildings Ordinance (Cap 123) or, if more than one such permit is issued for the tenement, the permit earliest issued.
(2) (a) Subsection (1)(c) shall not apply to a tenement referred to in that subsection if-
(i) the consent in writing referred to in that subsection is issued earlier than the occupation permit or the temporary occupation permit for the tenement; or
(ii) either the consent in writing or the certificate of compliance referred to in that subsection is issued subsequent to the first occupation of any tenement comprised in the building.
(b) Where subsection (1)(c) does not apply to a tenement by virtue of paragraph (a), the document specified for the purposes of sections 6 and 7 shall be the occupation permit or the temporary occupation permit issued under section 21 of the Buildings Ordinance (Cap 123) or, if more than one such permit is issued for the tenement, the permit earliest issued.