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(c) a certificate of exemption has been issued under the Buildings Ordinance (Application to the New Territories) Ordinance (Cap. 121) before the appointed day but the building has not been completed before that day; or

(d) a certificate of exemption under the Buildings Ordinance (Application to the New Territories) Ordinance (Cap. 121) may be issued on or after the appointed day.

(6) For the avoidance of doubt, it is hereby declared that—

(a) subsection (1) shall not of itself operate to authorize the amalgamation or unification of Government leases of contiguous parcels of registered land which have been combined under that subsection; and

(b) this section shall not authorize anything to be done which would be inconsistent with the other provisions of this Ordinance or of any other enactment.

PART 4
Registration of Title to Land and Connected Matters

20. Interpretation of Part 4

In this Part—

“LRO land” (《土註條例》土地) has the meaning assigned to it by section 1 of Schedule 1;

“new land” (新土地) means land granted under a Government lease or an agreement for a Government lease on or after the appointed day but does not include—

(a) land granted under a short term tenancy; or

(b) land which was the subject of a Government lease or agreement for a Government lease in effect immediately before the appointed day and which is the subject of an instrument executed on or after the appointed day whereby—

(i) the term of the Government lease or agreement for a Government lease has been extended;

(ii) the area of the land has been extended; or

(iii) the provisions of the Government lease or agreement for a Government lease have otherwise been varied;

“short term tenancy” (短期租約) means a lease expressed to be granted for a term of not more than 7 years; and in calculating that period for the purpose of this definition there shall be excluded any extension or renewal of the lease that has occurred, or may occur, by virtue of the exercise of any right.