1984 Ed.]
Cross-Harbour Tunnel By-laws
[CAP. 203
21. (1) Subject to this by-law, the Company may fix the hours during which all or any of the vehicles to which this by-law applies may enter the tunnel area.
(2) A vehicle to which this by-law applies shall not enter the tunnel area except with the permission of the Tunnel Manager, which permission, if granted, shall be subject to the following conditions-
(a) if hours have been fixed under paragraph (1) in respect of the class of vehicle concerned, the permission shall relate only to those hours;
(b) a declaration shall be made in writing to the Tunnel Manager by the person in charge of the vehicle, or by the person responsible for the conveyance of any goods therein or thereon, as to the nature of the vehicle and goods; and
(c) the Tunnel Manager may provide tunnel officers for the purpose of escorting the vehicle through the tunnel area and may take any other precautionary measure which he deems expedient in the circumstances.
(3) This by-law applies to-
(a) [Deleted, L.N. 10/79]
(b) [Deleted, L.N. 10/79]
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Vehicles conveying dangerous goods. LN. 10/79.
(c) a vehicle conveying any of the goods in Categories 3 to 10 in the Schedule to the Dangerous Goods (Classification) (Cap. 295, sub. leg.) Regulations, other than Category 5;
(d) a vehicle conveying matches in bulk, radioactive substances, or biological specimens dangerous to human or animal life.
POWERS OF TUNNEL OFFICER
22. (1) A tunnel officer may-
(a) for the purpose of preventing or detecting any contravention of these by-laws; or
(b) if he has reasonable grounds for believing that the driver of a vehicle
(i) is likely to contravene or has contravened any of these by-laws; or
(ii) has been involved in an accident in the tunnel area, exercise, within the tunnel area, any of the powers specified in paragraph (2).
(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1), a tunnel officer may-
(a) order or signal the driver of a vehicle-
(i) to stop the vehicle forthwith; or
(ii) to proceed to a designated place in the tunnel area and to stop thereat;
Tunnel officers' powers. L.N. 27/74.