Hong Kong Ordinances

MASS TRANSIT RAILWAY ORDINANCE - SECT 54C

Public Bus Services Ordinance not to apply to TSA bus service during Concession Period

(1) During the Concession Period, the Public Bus Services Ordinance ( Cap 230)
does not apply to the TSA bus service with the following exceptions-

   (a)  sections 16(1)(b), 18, 19, 20 and 21;

   (b)  sections 2 and 3 to the extent that they apply to the provisions
        specified in paragraph (a), and for the purposes of those provisions,
        the Corporation shall be deemed to be a grantee within the meaning of
        that Ordinance.

(2) Section 53 of this Ordinance applies to a decision, direction or
requirement of the Commissioner given under section 16(1)(b), 19 or 20 of the
Public Bus Services Ordinance ( Cap 230) in respect of the TSA bus  service as
if the decision, direction or requirement were a decision of the Commissioner
made under this Ordinance.

(3) Neither the Commissioner nor any other person shall disclose any
information relating to the TSA bus service obtained pursuant to section 18 of
the Public Bus Services Ordinance ( Cap 230) unless he has consulted the
Corporation regarding his intention to do so.

(4) The powers conferred by section 21(1)(a) of the Public Bus 
Services Ordinance ( Cap 230) may be exercised in respect of the TSA bus 
service only for the purpose of-

   (a)  ensuring the safety of the TSA bus service; or

   (b)  investigating an accident which involved a bus used in the operation
        of the TSA bus service.

(5) No person shall disclose, except to the Commissioner, any information
obtained through an inspection conducted in respect of the TSA  bus service
under section 21(1)(a) of the Public Bus Services Ordinance ( Cap 230) unless
he has given reasonable notice to the Corporation beforehand.

(6) In this section, "TSA bus service" (西北鐵路巴士服務) means the
service provided through the operation of bus services within the North-west 
Transit Service Area by the Corporation. (Added 11 of 2007 s. 22)

"TSA bus service" (西北鐵路巴士服務)