TAI PO RAILWAY PIER RULES

TAI PO RAILWAY PIER RULES

TAI PO RAILWAY PIER RULES.
(Cap. 99, section 29(2)).
(Ordinance No. 21 Of 1909).

[13th August, 1926.]

1. No person shall cause any launch, lighter, junk, boat or
other vessel to be made fast to, or to be moored ~,t, or to be
brought to or to be alongside the Tai Po Railway Pier or the bund
leading thereto, or shall bring to, land at or take on board from the
said pier or the said bund any passengers, cargo, goods, effects
or things, unless such person has
(a) first obtained a licence in accordance with these rules;
or
(b) paid the appropriate fee or fees mentioned in Part 11 of
the scale of charges set forth in rule 12 :
Provided that the Manager, Kowloon-Canton Railway, in these
rules referred to as the manager, in his discretion, may allow the
occasional use of the said pier and bund free of charge by
vessels of not more than 70 piculs capacity.

2. Licences under these rules shall be in writing signed by
the manager. Licences shall be limited in their application to the
launches respectively named therein.

3. The fee mentioned in Part 1 of the said scale of charges
shall be paid by every licensee quarterly in advance.

4. Before granting any licence under these rules, and during
the subsistence of any such licence, the manager may require,
and the applicant or licensee shall supply., true and full particulars
as to the place or places between or from or to which the launch
plies or is to ply, and of the times of arrival or departure at and
from such place or places, and of the charges made or to be
made to passengers and for cargo.

5. All licensed launches bringing passengers for the railway,
unless prevented by accident or circumstances





which the manager may deem a sufficient explanation, shall
arrive at the said pier at least an hour before the departure of
the train intended to be caught. Launches embarking or waiting
for passengers shall make way for launches bringing passengers
for the railway.

6. Within one hour next before the departure of a train from
Tai Po Station, no one launch, whether licensed or not, shall be
alongside or obstruct the said pier or the approaches thereto for
longer than ten minutes.

7. Subject to the requirements of licensed launches tile said
pier shall be available to unlicensed launches upon payment of the
appropriate fees set forth in Part II of the said scale of charges.

8. Vessels other than launches, on payment of the
appropriate fees set forth in Part 11 of the said scale of charges,
may tie up to the said bund and may land and take on board
passengers and cargo there. No facilities will be provided by the
railway administration therefor.

9. Every person in charge of any vessel using the said pier or
the said bund, or the approaches thereto, and every person in
charge of any cargo, goods, effects or things at or upon the said
pier or bund, shall obey the orders of the manager and of every
railway official acting under the orders or instructions of the
manager.

10. No cargo, goods, effects or things either from or
intended for any vessel using the said pier or the said
bund shall be allowed to obstruct the said pier or bund.
No cargo, goods, effects or things shall be placed or left
on the said bund unless some person is already there to
effect removal.

11. (1) Any 'licence granted under, these rules may, at the
discretion of the manager, be cancelled at any time, without any
notice, compensation or refund, in case of any breach or failure
to comply with any of these rules.





(2) In the event of any area including the said pier being declared an
area to which section 3 of the Ferries Ordinance, is to apply, then every
licence granted under these rules shall terminate as and when the said
section applies, and thereupon a refund of a proportionate part of any
current fee shall be made, but no compensation shall be payable to any
licensee or other person in respect of such termination.

12. The following shall be the scale of charges-
PART I.
Fee
Launches licensed under these rules $360 per annum

PART II.
Fee.
Launches not licensed for each ten minutes
under these rules or part of ten minutes $ 1.00
Other vessels-
Capacity over 2,000 piculs per hour .50
from 1,000-2,000 piculs .40
from 500-1,000 piculs .30
500 piculs and under .20

13. These rules may be cited as the Tai Po Railway Pier Rules.

CHAPTER 100.
(Ordinance No. 14 Of 1949).
REGISTRAR GENERAL (ESTABLISHMENT).
.No subsidiary legislation.
Regulations, Fraser, vol. 2, p. 572.
[r. 5 cont.]
(Cap. 104.)

Regulations, Fraser, vol. 2, p. 572.
[r. 5 cont.]
(Cap. 104.)

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