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TRAMWAY (AMENDMENT) BILL 1987

Enclosure No.44

A BILL

To

Amend the Tramway Ordinance.

Enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent

of the Legislative Council thereof.

1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Tramway (Amendment) Short title. Ordinance 1988.

2. The principal Ordinance is amended by adding after section 55 the Addition of following

"Exemption of hire service and

tour service.

55A. (1) Sections 50, 51 and 55 shall not apply to a tramway service that is a hire service or a tour service.

(2) The maximum number of cars that may be used at any time to operate a tour service shall be subject to the approval in writing of the Commissioner for Transport.

(3) On every car used on a tour service, the fare payable shall be displayed conspicuously on the front and near side of the car in English and Chinese so as to be easily visible to intending passengers before boarding.

(4) For the purposes of this section-

(a) "designated tram stop” means a place designated as a tram stop in accordance with regulations made. under section 38;

(b) "hire service" means a service for the carriage of passengers where a person hires a car for a period subject to payment;

section 55A. (Cap. 107.)

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