Landlord and Tenant (Consolidation) Ordinance

(1)
A person may apply to the Commissioner for a certificate under
section 50(10)
or
53A(4
)(
d)
as in force before the expiry of Part II.
(2)
An application under subsection (1)
shall—
(a)
be made by sending a notice in the specified form to the Commissioner; and
(b)
be accompanied by such fee as may be determined by the Financial Secretary by notice published in the Gazette.
(3)
The Commissioner shall comply with an application under subsection (1).
(4)
Section 119
shall apply to a notice given under that section before
                the
                    commencement
*
of
section 12
of
                the Landlord and Tenant (Consolidation) (Amendment) Ordinance 2002 (
32 of 2002
) as if that
section 12
had never
                commenced.
(5)
Section 119A
shall apply to a request for a new tenancy in
                accordance with that section made before the
                    commencement
*
of
section 13
of the Landlord and Tenant
                (Consolidation) (Amendment) Ordinance 2002 (
32 of
                2002
) as if that
section 13
had never commenced.
(6)
Section 119F(4)
—
(a)
as amended by the Landlord and Tenant (Consolidation) (Amendment) Ordinance
                    2002 (
32 of 2002
) shall apply in the case of a
                    landlord who opposes, in accordance with
rule 69
of the Lands
                    Tribunal Rules (
Cap. 17 sub. leg. A
), the grant of
                    a new tenancy on or after the
                        commencement
*
of
section
                        18(c)
of that Ordinance;
(b)
as in force before that commencement shall apply in the case of a landlord
                    who so opposes the grant of a new tenancy before that
                    commencement.
(7)
Notwithstanding
section 74B
as in force before the expiry of Part II,
section 119F(4)
—
(a)
as amended by the Landlord and Tenant (Consolidation) (Amendment) Ordinance
                    2002 (
32 of 2002
) shall apply in the case of a
                    landlord who has applied, in accordance with
rule 68
of the Lands
                    Tribunal Rules (
Cap. 17 sub. leg. A
), for an order
                    for possession of premises on the ground specified in
section
                        53(2
)(
c)
, as in force before that expiry, on or after the
                        commencement
*
of
section 18(c)
of that Ordinance;
(b)
as in force before that commencement shall apply in the case of a landlord who so applies for an order for possession of premises on the ground specified in
section 53(2
)(
c)
, as in force before that expiry, before that commencement.
(8)
For the avoidance of doubt, it is hereby declared that, subject to the other provisions of this section,
section 23
of the Interpretation and General Clauses Ordinance (
Cap. 1
) applies to the expiry of any Part of this Ordinance (including the expiry of any provision or provisions of any such Part) as it applies to the repeal in whole or in part of any Ordinance.