聯運工業大廈業主立案法團 訴 劉少雲

香港特別行政區

土地審裁處

建築物管理申請2000年第165號

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判 決 書

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1. LDBM 165/2000及LDBM 166/2000之申請人乃聯運工業大廈業主立案法團。答辯人乃聯運工業大廈2/F，D座（該物業）之業主。

2. LDBM 165/2000申請內容涉及答辯人於一九九七年八月至一九九八年八月欠交的管理費，手續費與利息。

3. LDBM 166/2000申請為答辯人於一九九八年十月至一九九九年四月欠交的管理費，手續費及利息。兩宗申請合併處理。

4. 申請人呈堂有關聯運工業大廈（該大廈）的公契。公契以註冊摘要編號2084236，在一九八一年五月二十日在土地註冊處登記（公契）。公契定明每一位業主都有繳付管理費用的責任。申請人亦呈堂有關繳費通知。

5. Deed of Mutual Covenant Section V D:-

" Management Expenses

1 Each Owner (except the Owner for the time being of the Car Parks) shall pay all costs expenses and outgoings incurred in such proportion as is hereinafter specified in relation to the management of the said Building

2 Each Owner shall pay to the Manager in respect of his Unit or Units of the said Building from the date of the Occupation Permit the monthly amount of the Management Expense (including Manager's Remuneration) set out in the Second Column of the List mentioned hereinbelow opposite to the Unit set out in the First Column of the said list of which he is the owner and such amount shall be made and payable monthly in advance on the 1st day of each month:

LIST OF MONTHLY MANAGEMENT EXPENSE

FIRST COLUMN		SECOND COLUMN
FLOOR	UNIT	MONTHLY AMOUNT
2nd	D	$600.00

PROVIDED THAT the said monthly amount shall be reasonably revised and adjusted from time to time by the Manager in the like proportion herein specified AND PROVIDED FURTHER THAT:-

(a) Should the total contributions receivable as aforesaid by the Manager be insufficient to meet the costs and expenses for the management of the said Building then each owner will at the request of the Manager make good a due proportion of the deficiency by making a further contribution to the Manager; such further contribution being in the same proportion to the total deficiency as the said contribution of each owner to the overall costs calculated as aforesaid bears to the total of such overall costs."

申請人要求利息及手續費，根據公契Section V E2

"If any Owner shall fail to pay any amount payable hereunder within 30 days of the date on which the demand is made as aforesaid, he shall further pay to the Manager :-

(1) Interest calculated at the rate of $1.50 for each $100.00 or part thereof remaining unpaid for each period of 30 days or part thereof for which it remains unpaid

(2) A collection charge of $150 or such lesser sum as the Manager may agree to cover the cost (other than legal costs of proceedings as hereinafter mentioned) of the extra work occasioned by the default."

6. 申請人指出，管理處多次與答辯人一位劉先生聯絡，有關欠管理費事宜，但不得要領。

7. 答辯人並不否認其業主身份，但否認曾收到有關管理費繳款通知。答辯人指出，該物業一向作出租用途，而管理費，根據答辯人與其租客之合約，是由租客支付。

8. 答辯人指責申請人並沒有在其租客欠交管理費時向其租客追討，及在其租客遷出前，沒有通知答辯人有關欠管理費項目。

9. 答辯人因此認為自己無繳交管理費的責任。

10. 答辯人亦質疑欠款錢碼。後經申請人由欠款通知證明，該費用自一九九七年，已增至每月$1,104。答辯人接納這點。

11. 答辯人同意，該物業一切事宜，是由一位劉偉文先生負責。答辯人同意劉偉文先生曾接獲申請人通知， 其租客在未付清管理費情況下，堅持要遷出。但答辯人認為對此事無法阻止，過錯不在自己。答辯人不同意公契對此事有約束力。

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12. 證供及證據明顯証實答辯人對自己作為業主的責任， 不願承擔。

13. 但在公契條款下，業主須負責繳交管理費。業主與租客之間的租約，不涉及申請人。申請人無權行使答辯人租約內的權利。

14. 答辯人須繳付所欠管理費用共$20,280，手續費用共$300，及根據公契該付之利息每三十天1.5%。

15. 答辯人須付申請人之訟費，如與訟雙方未能就訟費款額達成恊議，則由法庭評定。