Data access charges for land registry data
Dear Land Registry,
Can you provide information on the revenue your department gathers from selling and charging reproduction costs for registry data, and how many customers in a typical year use this service? Happy to get info from the most recent full year you have data for. If you direct me to any price lists or homepage outlining services that would be very useful too.
Yours faithfully,
Scott Edmunds
Dear Mr EDMUNDS,
I refer to your email of 26 Jul 2018 on the subject.
The Land Registry is a public office responsible for registration of instruments affecting land in Hong Kong under the Land Registration Ordinance (Cap 128) and provision of search services of the Land Registry records upon payment of the fees prescribed by the Land Registration (Fees) Regulations. For more information on our services, please visit our website at the following link (http://www.landreg.gov.hk). You may also browse our website for the fees schedules of our services (https://www.landreg.gov.hk/en/services/f...). A schedule for search fee is attached for your easy reference.
Regarding the total number of searches of land records and the relevant turnover in 2016/17, please refer to pages 37 and 90 of our Annual Report 2016/17 which you can access on our website (https://www.landreg.gov.hk/ar16-17/page_...).
If you have any questions, please contact the undersigned at 2867 2707.
Yours sincerely,
(Ms Eva LAU)
Access to Information Officer
The Land Registry
