Power to make by-laws.
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(#) prescribing for the purposes of this Ordinance, the loca- tion and extent of any approach roads to the tunnel: (g) the circumstances under and extent to which police officers may take over the control and restriction of traffic in the tunnel area and approach roads:
(4) priority of vehicles in passage through the tunnel and
approach roads;
(^) any records required to be kept by the Company in addi-
tion to those specified in section 59:
{}) prescribing anything which under this Ordinance is to be
or may be prescribed;
(*) such other purposes as may be necessary or expedient to carry out effectively the provisions of this Ordinance.
62. (1) Subject to this Ordinance, the Company may make by-laws for all or any of the following matters-
(a) public health, order and safety and the prevention and abatement of nuisances in the tunnel area and approach roads:
(b) the control, restriction and safety of traffic in the tunnel
area and approach roads:
(c) the regulation of the speed of traffic using the tunnel
and approach roads;
(d) the regulation of the types, dimensions, condition and loading of vehicles which may use the tunnel and approach roads;
(e) the regulation of the use by vehicles in the tunnel and approach roads of lights, horns, sirens and other equip-
ment:
() the regulation and prevention of the carriage into or through the tunnel area or approach roads of any offensive, noxious or dangerous goods;
(g) the collection of tolls in respect of the use of the tunnel; (A) the purchase, issue and collection of toll tickets in respect
of such use:
() the towing away or removal of any vehicle or thing causing obstruction in the tunnel or approach roads and the imposition of charges in respect of any such towage or removal and of any storage, detention or service of such vehicle or thing:
the protection of any property owned or controlled by the Company from damage or injury:
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(k) the employment and organization of personnel provided by the Company for the control, restriction and safely of traffic in the tunnel area and approach roads:
(D) any other conditions subject to which the tunnel and approach roads may be used by the public for the passage of motor vehicles; and
(2) any other matter relating to the control, operation and management of the tunnel which it is necessary to pro- vide for.
(2) All by-laws made under subsection (1) shall be subject to the approval of the Legislative Council.
(3) Any such by-laws may provide that a contravention of specified provisions thereof shall be an offence and may provide penalties therefor not exceeding a fine of one thousand dollars,
(4) The Company shall cause printed copies of all by-laws made under this section to be kept at the registered office of the Company and to be sold at a reasonable charge to every person applying therefor.
PART X.
MISCELLANEOUS.
63. Subject to subsection (2) of section 64, the Public Recla- mations and Works Ordinance shall not apply in respect of the tunnel area or the works area.
64. (1) Any person having a claim of private right in respect of the tunnel area or the works area may, within six months from the commencement of any interference with such right arising from the construction works, submit a claim for compensation for any loss suffered as a result of such interference specifying the nature of the interference together with an estimate of any such loss.
(2) Notwithstanding section 63, the provisions of section 7 of the Public Reclamations and Works Ordinance shall apply in respect of any such claim as though it were a claim for compensa- tion under section 6 of that Ordinance, all the requirements thereof precedent to such claim for compensation being deemed to have been complied with.
65. The Director and the Commissioner may in writing authorize any person to exercise any of the powers or perform any of the duties conferred or imposed upon the Director or the Commissioner, as the case may be, by this Ordinance.
Extent of application of Cap. 113.
Compensation
for interference with private rights.
(Cap. 1133
Delegation by Director and Commissioner.