1964_TRAMWAY_ORDINANCE — Page 13

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CAP. 107]

Tramway

[1989 Ed.

company one month's notice at least of the necessity or expediency of such temporary removal or discontinuance, and immediately on receipt of any such notice the company may, subject to such conditions and rules as the Governor in Council may make, construct in the same or any adjacent road and, subject as aforesaid, maintain so long as necessary a temporary tramway in lieu of the tramway or part thereof so removed or discontinued, and the provisions of section 13 shall apply until the removal of the temporary tramway.

(Amended 50 of 1911 s. 4; 33 of 1939 Schedule; 48 of 1962 s. 10)

18. Application of road materials excavated

in construction of works

Any paving, metalling or material excavated by the company in the construction of its works from any road under the control of the Director may be applied by the company, so far as may be necessary, in or towards the reinstating of such road, provided such paving, metalling or material is in the opinion of the Director fit and proper to be used for such purpose, and all surplus paving, metalling or material not so used shall be the property of the company, and shall be removed by the company with all reasonable diligence.

(Amended 51 of 1911; 2 of 1912 Schedule; 33 of 1939 Schedule)

19. Protection of departments and persons

For the purpose of making, forming, laying down, maintaining, renewing, altering, adding to or removing the tramway or any part thereof, the company may, where it is necessary or appears expedient for the purpose of preventing frequent interruption of the traffic by repairs or works in connection with the same, alter the position of any mains or pipes for the supply of gas or water, or any tubes, wires, standards, poles or apparatus for telegraphic, telephonic, electric lighting or any other purposes, subject to the following restrictions-- (Amended 50 of 1911 s. 4)

(a) before altering the position of any such mains or pipes, tubes, wires, standards, poles or apparatus the company shall obtain the written assent of the Director to such alteration; (Amended 33

of 1939 Schedule)

(b) before laying down the tramway in a road in which any mains or pipes, tubes, wires, standards, poles or apparatus may be laid, the company shall, whether it contemplates altering the position thereof or not, give 7 days' notice to the department or person to whom they belong of its intention to lay down or alter the tramway, and shall at the same time deliver a plan of the proposed work. If it appears that the construction of the tramway as proposed would endanger any such main or pipe,