SPEECH BY THE HON MICHAEL LEUNG,
SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT
IN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON 25 MAY 1988
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Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill 1988
THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSFORT moved the Second Reading of 'A Bill to amend the Road Traffic Ordinance'.
He said:
Sir,
I move the Second Reading of the Road Traffic
(Amendment) Bill 1988.
The purpose of this Bill is to empower the
Governor in Council to make regulations providing for the review by a Transport Tribunal of decisions made by the Commissioner for Transport to amend the terms or
conditions of a passenger service licence.
A passenger service licence authorises the holder to operate a non-franchised public bus service, a private bus service or a public light bus service.
Under the
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present Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) Regulations, the Commissioner must obtain the prior
consent of the licensee before he can amend the terms or
conditions of a passenger service licence.
If the
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licensee withholds his consent, the Commissioner cannot
introduce any changes until the licence expires. limits his ability to meet public transport needs promptly and may, in some cases, seriously affect the introduction
of traffic management schemes.