(Format changes—E.R. 2 of 2020)
Resolution made and passed by the Legislative Council under sections 3, 4 and 6 of the Trading Funds Ordinance (Cap. 430) on 30 June 1993.
Resolved that with effect from 1 August 1993—
on the recommendation of the Financial Secretary, the Land Registry Trading Fund (the trading fund) shall be established to manage and account for the operation of the government service of the Land Registry;
the services to be provided under the trading fund shall be those specified in Schedule 1;
the assets set out in column 2 of Schedule 2 shall, subject to any term specified opposite an asset in column 3 of that Schedule, be appropriated to the trading fund;
the net value of the assets of $354,900,000 appropriated to the trading fund shall be shown in the Capital Investment Fund— (E.R. 2 of 2020)
as to $236,600,000, as a loan; (E.R. 2 of 2020)
as to the balance, as a contribution of trading fund capital;
the loan referred to in paragraph (d)(i)—
shall be repayable in 10 equal annual instalments of $23,660,000 each, the first such instalment to become due on 1 August 1994; (E.R. 2 of 2020)
shall, as to any balance unpaid, bear interest at a rate equal to the average of the best lending rate quoted by the continuing members of the Committee of The Hong Kong Association of Banks, such interest to be payable annually in arrear.
Giving advice on matters relating to registration under the Land Registration Ordinance (Cap. 128).
Registration of documents—
affecting land and capable of being registered under the Land Registration Ordinance (Cap. 128);
required under any Ordinance to be registered at the Land Registry.
Maintaining any book, register, index or other record of the Land Registry, whether in manual, microfilmed or computerized format.
Making available for inspection, or providing copies of, the records of the Land Registry.
Conducting on behalf of the Government and public bodies searches of Land Registry records, and compiling reports of such searches.
Preparing certified copies of records held by the Land Registry.
Providing safe custody for documents delivered to the Land Registry for that purpose.
Preparing and verifying memorial forms to accompany documents to be registered in the Land Registry.
Acting as a depository for plans deposited in the Land Registry pursuant to any Ordinance.
Giving advice on matters relating to registration of owners as a corporation under the Building Management Ordinance (Cap. 344).
Processing applications by owners of buildings for registration as a corporation under the Building Management Ordinance (Cap. 344).
Issuing certificates of registration of owners of buildings as a corporation under the Building Management Ordinance (Cap. 344).
Maintaining a register of corporations of owners of buildings under the Building Management Ordinance (Cap. 344).
Making available for inspection, and providing copies of, records of corporations of owners of buildings registered under the Building Management Ordinance (Cap. 344).
Preparing certified copies or extracts of records of corporations of owners of buildings registered under the Building Management Ordinance (Cap. 344).
Compiling and publishing for sale current indexes of streets, house numbers and lots in Hong Kong.
Providing training, giving seminars and publishing materials in respect of registration matters under the Land Registration Ordinance (Cap. 128) and the Building Management Ordinance (Cap. 344).
Collating and producing statistics, analyses, information and materials from Land Registry records.
Advising on and assisting in the introduction of an alternative system of land registration in Hong Kong.
Appearances by the Land Registrar or his representative as witness or amicus curiae in court proceedings.
Producing Land Registry records for use in court proceedings.
Cancelling memorials of re-entry and vesting notices and serving such memorials and notices on owners under the Government Rights (Re-entry and Vesting Remedies) Ordinance (Cap. 126). (68 of 1999 s. 3)
Any service that the Land Registrar may be authorized to provide under or by virtue of any Ordinance.
Any service incidental to or conducive to the provision of any of the services specified in this Schedule.
| Item | Description | Terms | ||
| 1. | Parts of the building known as Queensway Government Offices, namely— (a)the 18th, 19th, and 28th floors; and (b)those parts of the 17th and 20th floors, as shown in the document marked “Accommodation Plan of Land Registry” dated 3 June 1993 and kept by the Land Registrar. | Not to be disposed of unless the approval of the Financial Secretary has first been obtained. | ||
| 2. | All furniture and equipment under the control of the Land Registrar on 1 August 1993, as set out in the document marked “Inventory of Furniture and Equipment of the Land Registry” kept by the Land Registrar. | |||
| 3. | Office car registered number AM 163. | |||
| 4. | Capitalized setting-up costs. |