A BILL
To
Enclosure No.
4
Amend the Peak Tramway Ordinance.
Enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof.
1.
This Ordinance may be cited as the Peak Tramway (Amendment) Ordi- Short title. nance 1985.
2. The principal Ordinance is amended by adding after section 2 the Addition of new following-
"Right to run and operate the
tramway.
(
of 1985.)
3.
2A. The company shall have the right to run and operate the tramway authorized by this Ordinance along the route specified in section 3 for a period of 20 years with effect from 1 January 1984, subject to-
(a) this Ordinance; and
(b) the payment to the Government by the company of a premium of $2,600,000 within 14 days after the commence- ment of the Peak Tramway (Amendment) Ordinance 1985.".
section 2A. (Cap. 265.)
Section 3 of the principal Ordinance is amended by deleting subsection (2) Amendment of and substituting the following-
“(2) The tramway authorized by this Ordinance is a partly single and partly double line, commencing from the southwest boundary of Inland Lot 7977, thence passing in a southerly direction up the hillside, crossing over Kennedy Road by means of a bridge and under Macdonnell Road, Magazine Gap Road and May Road Bridges to the terminus at Victoria Gap terminating on the boundary of Rural Building Lots 768, 762 and 858, as shown on plan No. MH2528b dated 23 September 1985 deposited in the Land Office. Victoria and signed on behalf of the Director of Lands and on behalf of the company:
Provided that such alteration as the company thinks fit may be made to the position of the rail-tracks of the tramway as shown on the said plan so long as they are within the limits of deviation shown on the said plan.".
4.
section 3.
Section 7(1) of the principal Ordinance is amended by deleting "the Colony" Amendment of and substituting the following—
section 7.
“Hong Kong”.
5. Section 11(1) of the principal Ordinance is amended by deleting "within 6 months after the expiration of 28 years from the time when the company was empowered to construct the tramway, and within 6 months after the expiration of every subsequent period of 7 years, or".
6.
Amendment of section 11.
Section 19 of the principal Ordinance is amended by deleting "tolls" in both Amendment of places where it occurs and substituting in each case the following--
"fares".
7. Sections 21 and 21A of the principal Ordinance are repealed.
section 19.
Repeal of sections
21 and 21A.
8. Section 22 of the principal Ordinance is repealed and replaced by the Repeal and following-
"Fares.
22. (1) Subject to subsection (2), the company may charge such fares for the use of the tramway as it may fix from time to time,
replacement of section 22.