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Provisions for Conversion of LRO Land and Long Term Leases from Land Registration System to Land Title System
PART 1
Preliminary
1. Interpretation
In this Schedule—
“caution against conversion” (抗轉換警告書) has the meaning assigned to it by section 1A(1) of the Land Registration Ordinance (Cap. 128);
“caveat” (知會備忘) has the meaning assigned to it by section 1A(1) of the Land Registration Ordinance (Cap. 128);
“long term lease” (長期租契) has the same meaning as in section 2(1) of this Ordinance except that it does not include a lease of both registered land and LRO land;
“LRO land” (《土註條例》土地) means land—
- (a) which is the subject of a Government lease for which a register has been kept under the Land Registration Ordinance (Cap. 128); and
- (b) which is not registered land within the meaning of section 2(1) of this Ordinance.
PART 2
Conversion of LRO Land
2. When LRO land becomes registered land
(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, on the commencement of the 12th anniversary of the appointed day, all LRO land shall be deemed to be registered land, and all the provisions of this Ordinance shall apply to the land accordingly.
(2) Subject to subsection (3), subsection (1) shall not apply to any LRO land—
- (a) in respect of which an instrument has been delivered for registration under the Land Registration Ordinance (Cap. 128) but has not been registered under that Ordinance before the commencement of the 12th anniversary of the appointed day; or
- (b) which is subject to a caution against conversion which is registered under the Land Registration Ordinance (Cap. 128).
(3) LRO land referred to in subsection (2) shall be deemed to be registered land on—
- (a) the date on which the instrument referred to in subsection (2)(a) is registered under the Land Registration Ordinance (Cap. 128); or
- (b) the date on which the land ceases to be subject to a caution against conversion which is registered under the Land Registration Ordinance (Cap. 128),
whichever is the later, and all the provisions of this Ordinance shall apply to the land accordingly.
3. Date of first registration
The date of first registration of LRO land shall be—
