CAP. 230]
Grant of franchises. (Cap. 32.)
(Cap. 372.)
Public Bus Services
[1986 Ed.
or through which the journey is made, approved by the Commissioner, after considering the interests of any grantee franchised to operate over any part of the route to be covered by the service and any other relevant matter, for the carriage of passengers by a public bus service in combination with carriage by another mode or modes of public transport service from one departure point to one destination and where a combined fare is paid for the whole journey, single or return, at a place other than at the boarding point of the bus or on the bus. (Added, 44 of 1984, s. 5. Amended, 66 of 1984, s. 13)
(4) For the purposes of this Ordinance, a payment made by a person entitling him to be carried as a passenger in a bus shall be treated as a separate fare notwithstanding that it is made in consideration of other matters in addition to the journey and irrespective of the person by or to whom it is made.
5. (1) Subject to this Ordinance, the Governor in Council may grant to any company registered under the Companies Ordinance the right to operate a public bus service on such routes as he specifies by order.
(2) A franchise may confer on the grantee the exclusive right to operate a service on any specified route.
(3) A franchise--
(a) may be granted following a public tender or in such other manner as the Governor in Council thinks fit:
(b) shall, except where the Legislative Council by resolution excludes the application of all or any of the provisions of the profit control scheme, be subject to the profit control scheme;
(c) shall be subject to such conditions as the Governor in Council specifies; and
(d) shall prescribe whether it may be extended under section 6(2) or (3).
(4) Without prejudice to any other provision of this Ordinance, a franchise may, with the consent of the grantee, be amended by the Governor in Council.
(5) A franchise may, with or without the consent of the grantee, be amended by the Governor in Council by order in the Gazette so as to restrict or prohibit the taking up or setting down of passengers within the North-west Transit Service Area or, where the boundaries of that Area are varied under section 2(3) of the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation Ordinance, to alter such a restriction or prohibition to take account of such variation. (Added, 56 of 1986, s. 22)