Regulation 7A

For the purposes of any primary poll relating to a precinct, the vote of every registered owner entitled to vote in that primary poll shall have a value as follows: (a)where the Board is the registered owner — one, notwithstanding that it is the common registered owner of more than one flat within the precinct; and (b)in any other case — a number equal to the number of leases the Board has granted to the registered owner in respect of his flat or flats within the precinct.

For the purposes of any secondary poll relating to residential flats in a building within a precinct, the vote of every registered owner entitled to vote in that secondary poll shall have a value as follows: (a)where the Board is the registered owner — one, notwithstanding that it is the common registered owner of more than one residential flat within the building; and (b)in any other case — a number equal to the number of leases the Board has granted to the registered owner in respect of his residential flat or flats within the building.

For the purposes of any secondary poll relating to non-residential flats in a building within a precinct, the vote of every registered owner entitled to vote in that secondary poll shall have a value as follows: (a)where the Board is the registered owner — a number equal to the number of non-residential flats in the building in respect of which the Board has been registered as owner in the subsidiary register in operation for that building; and (b)in any other case — a number equal to the number of leases the Board has granted to the registered owner in respect of his non-residential flat or flats within the building.

For the purposes of a special poll relating to any special upgrading works in a building or for 2 or more buildings within a precinct, the vote of every registered owner entitled to vote in that special poll shall have a value as follows: (a)where the Board is the registered owner of any beneficiary flat within the building or buildings — one, notwithstanding that it is the common registered owner of more than one beneficiary flat within that building or those buildings; and (b)in the case of any other registered owner of a beneficiary flat within the building or buildings — a number equal to the number of leases the Board has granted to the registered owner in respect of his beneficiary flat or flats within that building or those buildings, as the case may be.

For the purposes of a flat upgrading poll relating to any flat upgrading works within flats comprised in a building in a precinct or within any building in a precinct, the vote of every registered owner entitled to vote in that flat upgrading poll shall have a value as follows: (a)where the Board is the registered owner — a number equal to one, notwithstanding that it is the common registered owner of more than one flat within that building; and (b)in any other case — a number equal to the number of leases the Board has granted to the registered owner in respect of his flat or flats within the building.

For the purposes of a commercial property upgrading poll for any commercial property upgrading works within a precinct, the vote of every registered owner entitled to vote in that commercial property upgrading poll has a value as follows:

In this rule, any reference to a lease granted by the Board to any registered owner shall include a reference to an agreement for a lease entered into by the Board with any registered owner.