1984 Ed.]
Cross-Harbour Tunnel
[CAP. 203
56. In this Part, "assets" means the tunnel structure and all buildings, machinery, equipment and plant ancillary to the construction, operation and maintenance of the tunnel.
PART VII
APPEALS
57. (1) If any 1,000 or more persons, being either rate-payers or owners of motor vehicles registered under the Road Traffic Ordinance, and resident in the Colony, are of opinion that the Company has failed and is failing to provide or maintain adequate, efficient or safe facilities for the passage of motor vehicles through the tunnel, such persons may appeal collectively by petition to the Governor in Council.
(2) No such petition shall be considered by the Governor in Council unless a copy thereof shall have been served on the Company not less than 14 days before the date of such consideration, and, before coming to any decision in respect of any such petition, the Governor in Council shall receive and consider any representation in writing thereon received from the Company.
(3) For the purpose of considering any such petition, the Governor in Council may appoint a person or committee to inquire into the matter and to report thereon to the Governor in Council.
(4) On any such appeal, the Governor in Council may order the Company to remedy any such failure.
(5) The decision of the Governor in Council on any such appeal shall be final.
(6) Every order made by the Governor in Council under subsection (4) shall be published in the Gazette.
58. (1) If the Company is aggrieved by any requirement or direction made, or the withholding of any consent or approval, by the Director or the Commissioner under this Ordinance, the Company may appeal by petition to the Governor in Council.
(2) Save where the Governor in Council otherwise directs, when any such appeal has been made, no such requirement or direction, other than a requirement under section 37 or 50 to close or partially close the tunnel, shall be enforced until the decision of the Governor in Council on the appeal.
(3) The decision of the Governor in Council on any such appeal shall be final.
Meaning of "assets".
Appeal by rate-payers and vehicle owners regarding the tunnel facilities. (Cap. 374.)
Appeal by the Company.
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PART VIII
RECORDS AND INFORMATION
59. (1) The Company shall maintain the following records-
Records.
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