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SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 158.01
REGISTRATION OF DECONTROLLED DWELLING 
HOUSES REGULATIONS
10th April, 1959
LEGAL NOTICE 32 of 1959, as amended by Legal Notices 41 of 1968,
11 of 1970, 15 of 1972, 33 of 1984, 82 of 1988 and 213 of 1997.
Title.
Decontrolled Dwelling Houses Regulations.
Keeping of register 
of decontrolled 
dwelling houses.
Cap. 158.
2. (1) The Land Valuation Officer shall keep a register of
dwelling houses registered by him as decontrolled dwelling houses
under the provisions of the Housing (Decontol) Ordinance,
(hereinafter referred to as ''the Ordinance'') and of these
Regulations.
(2) Such register shall be called the Register of Decontrolled
Dwelling Houses (hereinafter referred to as ''the Register'') and
shall be kept in such form and according to such method of
classification by locality or otherwise as the Land Valuation Officer
may, subject to the provisions of these Regulations, from time to
time determine.
Procedure and fee 
for application for 
registration.
Amended by:
L.N. 41 of 1968;
L.N. 11 of 1970;
L.N. 15 of 1972;
L.N. 213 of 1997.
3. (1) An application for the registration of a dwelling house
as a decontrolled dwelling house shall be made in such form and
contain such particulars as the Land Valuation Officer shall from
time to time determine by notice in the Gazette.
(2) A separate application shall be made in respect of each
dwelling house:
Provided that, where decontrol is applied for at the same
time in respect of a number of flats belonging to the same owner
and contained in the same block of flats, only one application shall
be made in respect of such number of flats.
(3) A fee of twenty-five liri shall be paid for each dwelling
house or flat in respect of which decontrol is applied for.
Land Valuation 
Officer may 
require further 
particulars and 
evidence.
4. The Land Valuation Officer may require the applicant to
furnish further particulars and to produce any books, registers,
plans, contracts, judicial acts and other documents, or copies
thereof, concerning the premises to which the application relates.
Power of 
inspection.
5. The Land Valuation Officer or any person authorised in
writing by him in that behalf may, on reasonable notice and during
reasonable hours of daylight, enter any premises in respect of
which an application has been made for the purpose of inspecting
and taking particulars of such premises.
Order granting 
registration.
Amended by:
L.N. 33 of 1984;
L.N. 82 of 1988.
6. (1) On being satisfied that the premises to which the
application relates comply with the requirements of any one of
paragraphs ( a ), ( b ), ( c ), ( d ), ( e ) or ( f ) of article 3 of the Ordinance
and, where applicable, are not excepted under the provisions of
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article (6)(1) thereof, the Land Valuation Officer shall make an
order granting the application and shall send a copy of such order
to the applicant by registered post.
(2) Where article 6(4) of the Ordinance applies to a dwelling
house in respect of which an order is made under the foregoing sub-
regulation of this regulation, the Land Valuation Officer shall, in
making the order, refer to the fact that the registration of that
dwelling house is to have effect only from the day on which the
owner becomes entitled to the vacant possession upon the
determination of the relevant letting.
Notice of intention 
to refuse 
registration.
7. The Land Valuation Officer, before he makes an order
refusing an application for registration under these Regulations,
shall send to the applicant by registered post notice of his intention
to make such an order, setting out briefly the reasons why he
intends to refuse the application and giving the applicant notice that
if within ten days of the receipt of the notice the applicant informs
him in writing of his desire so to do, he will give him or his
representative an opportunity before the order is made of showing
cause why the order should not be made.
Order of refusal of 
registration.
8. If, after complying with the provisions of regulation 7, the
Land Valuation Officer decides to refuse an application for
registration, he shall make an order to that effect and shall notify
the applicant by registered letter that he has made such an order.
Procedure for 
appeals to the 
Board.
9. (1) An appeal to the Board under article 4(1) of the
Ordinance may be made by means of an application to be filed
within six days from the date on which the applicant for
registration is notified of the order refusing the registration.
(2) The application to the Board shall, on pain of nullity, be
signed by an advocate or a legal procurator, and shall contain a
clear indication of the premises in respect of which it is made and a
statement of the grounds on which the appeal is entered.
(3) With each application there shall be filed a true copy
thereof for service upon the Land Valuation Officer.
(4) On the filing of each application to the Board under the
foregoing sub-regulations of this regulation, a registry fee of one
lira and fifty cents shall be paid in addition to the appropriate
transport fees for service of the copy of the application.
(5) The date of hearing shall be so fixed by the Board that not
less than eight working days shall intervene between the filing of
the application and the first hearing of the matter, provided that not
less than three working days shall be allowed between the date of
service of the application of the Land Valuation Officer and the
date fixed for the hearing of the application.
(6) The Land Valuation Officer shall make his submissions
orally or in writing, if any, at the first hearing of the matter.
(7) In default of any submissions on the day fixed for hearing,
in contestation of the demand contained in the application, the
Board shall allow the application.
(8) The Board may, if it deems it so necessary, carry out an
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inspection of the premises through its technical members.
(9) The fee payable to the advocate or legal procurator
representing the parties in an appeal to the Board under article 4(1)
of the Ordinance shall not be less than two liri and not more than
four liri, as may be fixed by the Board.
Cap. 69.
(10) Subject to the foregoing provisions of this regulation, the
provisions of the Reletting of Urban Property (Regulation)
Ordinance shall apply to any application by means of which an
appeal is entered to the Board under article 4(1) of the Ordinance
and to the proceedings connected therewith.
Procedure for 
appeals from the 
decisions of the 
Board.
10. An appeal from the decision of the Board under article 4(3)
of the Ordinance shall be brought before the Court of Appeal by
means of an application to be filed within six days from the day on
which the decision of the Board is delivered.
Particulars to be 
noted in the 
Register.
11. On making an order for registration under regulation 6, or
where an order under regulation 8 refusing registration is reversed
by a decision of the Board or of the Court of Appeal, as the case
may be, the Land Valuation Officer shall cause the dwelling house
to which the order relates to be included in the Register by means
of an entry containing -
( a ) the date of registration;
( b ) the locality, street name, door number and other
particulars sufficient to identify the dwelling house;
( c ) the date of the decision of the Board or of the Court of
Appeal, if any, granting the registration;
( d ) a reference to the provision of the Ordinance under
which the regulation is allowed; and
( e ) a reference to any reservation which is to be made
under regulation 6(2).
Delegation of 
duties, powers and 
functions.
Amended by:
L.N. 41 of 1968.
12. Without prejudice to the provisions of regulation 5, the
Land Valuation Officer may delegate any of his duties, powers and
functions under these Regulations, other than the making of an
order refusing registration, to any Assistant Land Valuation Officer
or to any other public officer.
Register open to 
inspection.
13. Any person may during the usual office hours inspect the
Register and take notes therefrom.
Issue of 
certificates.
Amended by:
L.N. 15 of 1972;
L.N. 213 of 1997.
14. (1) On application accompanied by a fee of one lira the
Land Valuation Officer shall issue, in respect of any one particular
dwelling house, a certificate stating whether that house is
registered as a decontrolled dwelling house.
(2) The certificate shall indicate the date of registration, the
provision of the Ordinance under which registration is allowed, and
any reservation made under regulation 6(2).
