Lands Tribunal (Fees) Rules
[26 February 1988]
(Format changes—E.R. 2 of 2018)
These rules may be cited as the Lands Tribunal (Fees) Rules.
In proceedings before the Tribunal, the fee specified in, or the fee which may be fixed under, the third column of the Schedule shall be payable in respect of the item specified in the second column of the Schedule.
A fee under these rules shall be payable either by adhesive stamps or by causing the relevant document to be franked with the amount of the fee.
The registrar may reduce, remit or defer payment of any fee under these rules as he may think fit in any particular case and shall, if he exercises this power, endorse on the relevant document a note of the reduction, remission or deferment and of the reasons therefor.
These rules apply to all proceedings by or against the Government.
| Item | Description | Fee $ | |
| 1. | Application to determine compensation other than under the Demolished Buildings (Re-development of Sites) Ordinance (Cap. 337) | 235 | |
| 2. | Application for an order to exclude premises from application of Part I of the Landlord and Tenant (Consolidation) Ordinance (Cap. 7) | 235 | |
| 3. | Application to determine compensation under the Demolished Buildings (Re-development of Sites) Ordinance (Cap. 337) | 61 | |
| 4. | Application for order or determination other than compensation | 61 | |
| 5. | Application under Part II, Part IV, Part IVA or Part V of the Landlord and Tenant (Consolidation) Ordinance (Cap. 7) (36 of 2021 s. 13) | 235 | |
| 6. | Filing an appeal or Notice of Appeal | 235 | |
| 7. | Interlocutory application ex parte or inter partes | 61 | |
| 8. | Request for a case to be stated | 235 | |
| 9. | (a) | Filing order of Tribunal (including signature of registrar and sealing) | 61 |
| (b) | Each additional copy | 33 | |
| 10. | Amending documents in proceedings | 61 | |
| 11. | Filing of expert evidence | 61 | |
| 12. | (Repealed L.N. 313 of 1992) | ||
| 13. | Marking every exhibit attached to any affidavit or declaration | 4.5 | |
| 14. | Filing any affidavit or declaration (including administering any oath or declaration in the Registry of the Tribunal) (L.N. 313 of 1992) | 121 | |
| 15. | Request for issuing a witness summons (each witness) | 61 | |
| 16. | Application for review under section 8(2) of the Mass Transit Railway (Land Resumption and Related Provisions) Ordinance (Cap. 276) | 235 | |
| 17. | Application for extension of time under section 19(2) of the Mass Transit Railway (Land Resumption and Related Provisions) Ordinance (Cap. 276) | 235 | |
| 18. | Lodging of settlement offer under section 23(2) of the Mass Transit Railway (Land Resumption and Related Provisions) Ordinance (Cap. 276) | 61 | |
| 19. | Application to certify the amount of settlement of compensation under section 33 of the Mass Transit Railway (Land Resumption and Related Provisions) Ordinance (Cap. 276) | 235 | |
| 20. | (a) | Copy of any document typed in the Registry of the Tribunal and certifying the same, per page | 20 |
| (b) | Additional copies after the first or top copy and certifying the same, per page | 4.5 | |
| 21. | Photostatic copy of any document made in the Registry of the Tribunal and certification— | ||
| (a) | for each page or portion of a page | 5.5 | |
| (b) | for each page or portion of a page exceeding in size 210 mm × 297 mm | such additional fee as the registrar may fix | |
| 22. | Every search in the Registry of the Tribunal for each register, file or document | 18 | |
| 23. | Attendance of any Government official to produce or prove in the Tribunal any record or document called by any party other than the Government (25 of 1998 s. 2) | 235 | |
| 24. | Attendance of any Government official to give expert evidence in the Tribunal called by any party other than the Government (25 of 1998 s. 2) | such fee as the President or presiding officer or member of the Tribunal may fix | |
| 25. | Attendance of any Government official to give any other evidence in the Tribunal called by any party other than the Government, per hour or portion of an hour of attendance (25 of 1998 s. 2) | 116 | |
| 26. | Attendance of witness to produce document or other papers, per hour or portion of an hour of attendance | 116 | |
| 27. | Attendance of witness to give expert evidence | such fee as the President or presiding officer or member of the Tribunal may fix | |
| 28. | Attendance of witness to give any other evidence per hour or portion of an hour of attendance | 116 | |
| 29. | Taxing every bill for every $100 or part of $100 | 5 | |
| 30. | Any certificate of the President or presiding officer or member or the registrar not hereinbefore referred to, per copy of the document certified | 61 | |
| 31. | Settling any notice or document, per page | 6.6 | |
| 32. | Sealing of any document | 55 | |
| 33. | Filing any application, notice or document not herein-before referred to | 55 | |
| 34. | Any other matter or proceedings not hereinbefore referred to, and for which no fee has been specified herein | such fee as the registrar may fix | |
| 35. | Translation, per page | 33 | |
| 36. | Certification | 20 | |