plan to be signed by the Director of Buildings and Lands and
deposited in the Land Office. There is a provision under the
Clause for the boundaries of the Transit Service Area to be
varied by the Commissioner for Transport with the approval of
the Governor in Council and after consulting the KCRC. This is
intended to provide some flexibility for minor adjustments to
the Transit Service Area to be made for traffic management
reasons. The Government currently has no intention to expand
the North-west Transit Service Area to other parts of the
Territory.
9.
setting down of
Such a provision
Clause 22 amends
22 amends the Public Bus Services Ordinance to
empower the Governor in Council to amend a franchise under the
Ordinance with or without the consent of the grantee so as to
restrict or prohibit the taking up or
passengers within the Transit Service Area.
is required to terminate the internal bus services currently
operated by the Kowloon Motor
Kowloon Motor Bus Company when the LRT comes
into operation in August 1988. This clause also provides for
compensation to be paid to the grantee of a franchise on a full
and fair basis if the amendment of franchise by
by Government
would result in pecuniary loss or damage to the grantee.
10.
Clause 23 amends the Public Bus Services Regulations
by introducing certain restrictions on picking up
on picking up and setting
down of passengers in the North-west Transit Service Area
buses leaving the
area would not be allowed to set down
passengers until it has
it has left the Transit Service Area, whilst