(n) under sections 18(1), 19(1)(b) and 36(1)(l) of the Rating Ordinance on 14 May 1997:
RESOLVED that-
(a) with effect from 1 April 1997, the percentage prescribed for the purposes of section 18(1) of the Rating Ordinance is in respect of every tenement-
(i) in the Urban Council area-
(A) general rates 2.4%;
(B) Urban Council rates 2.6%;
(ii) in the Regional Council area-
(A) general rates 0.8%;
(B) Regional Council rates 4.2%;
(b) the prescribed percentage for the purposes of section 19(1)(b) of the Rating Ordinance in relation to each of the years beginning on 1 April 1997 and ending on 31 March 1998 and beginning on 1 April 1998 and ending on 31 March 1999 is 20%; and
(c) with effect from 1 April 1997, the amount prescribed for the purposes of section 36(1)(l) of the Rating Ordinance is $3000.
(L.N. 236 of 1997)
___________________________________________________________________ Note: Please also see the Resolution of the Provisional Legislative Council in L.N. 195 of 1998, which is reproduced below-
"Resolution made and passed by the Provisional Legislative Council under section 18(1) of the Rating Ordinance (Cap 116) on 25 March 1998.
RESOLVED that-
(a) the percentage prescribed for the purposes of section 18(1) of the Rating Ordinance for the period from 1 April 1998 to 31 March 1999 shall be-
(i) in respect of every tenement in the Urban Council area and included in a valuation list in force- (A) for general rates 1.9%; (B) for Urban Council rates 2.6%;
(ii) in respect of every tenement in the Regional Council area and included in a valuation list in force- (A) for general rates 0.3%; (B) for Regional Council rates 4.2%; and
(b) subject to paragraph (a), paragraph (a) of the Resolution made and passed by the Legislative Council on 14 May 1997 and published in the Gazette as Legal Notice No. 236 of 1997 shall continue to have effect.".