FERRY SERVICES REGULATIONS

FERRY SERVICES REGULATIONS

FERRY SERVICES REGULATIONS

ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS

Regulation.................................. page

PART I

PRELIMINARY

1. Citation............................... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... A 2

2. Interpretation ...................... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... A 2

PART 11

GENERAL

3. Display of services and fares ......... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... A 2

4. Maximum fares .......... .............. . ... ... ... ... ... ... A 2
5. Offensive cargo ....................... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... A 2

6. Notice of temporary suspension ........ ... ... ... ... ... ... ... A 3

7. Signs .................................... ... ... ... ... ... ... A 3

PART III

PROVISIONS RELATING TO LICENSED
SERVICES

8. Restriction on entering ferry vessel, etc . ... ... ... ... ... ... ... A 3

9. Access to be kept clear ......... ........... ... ... ... . ... ... A 3

10. Safety equipment ...................... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... A 3

11. Littering ................................ ... ... ... ... ... ... ... A 3
12. Noise .................................... ... ... ... ... ... ... A 3

13. Boarding full vessels ................. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... A4

14. No smoking in designated areas ........ ... ... ... ... ... ... ... A 4

15. Use of piers, etc . ...................... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... A 4
16. Personal baggage ...................... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... A 4

17. Restriction on animals on ferry vessels ... ... ... ... ... ... ... A 4

18. Standing on seats ..................... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... A 4
19. Alighting from ferry vessel, etc . A 4

20. Improper use of ferry pier ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... A 4
21. Embarkation etc, from sampans, etc . ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... A 5
22. Class of passage ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... A 5
23. Obstruction of authorized persons ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... A 5
24. Intoxicated persons ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... A 5
25. Tickets ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... A 5
26. Prohibition on swearing, etc. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... A 5
27. Prohibition on spitting ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... A 6
28. Fee for licence ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... A 6

PART IV







EVIDENCE AND OFFENCES

29. Name and address to be given in certain circumstances ... ... ... ... ... A 6
30. Offences and penalties ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... . ... ... ... A 6





FERRY SERVICES REGULATIONS
(Cap. 104, section 44)
[15 June 1982.1

PART 1

PRELIMINARY

1. These regulations may be cited as the Ferry Services
Regulations.

2. In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires

,,cargo' includes goods, baggage of passengers, vehicles and cargo
carried in vehicles;

'Commissioner' means the Commissioner for Transport;

ferry point' means a place served by a ferry service at which a ferry
vessel is scheduled to stop to take on or let down passengers or
cargo.

PART 11

GENERAL

3. A grantee or a licensee shall cause to be displayed in a
conspicuous place, and in a manner approved by the Commissioner

(a)at or near each pier used by a franchised or licensed service;
and

(b)at such other places as may be specified by the Commissioner,

full details of ferry services provided by the grantee or licensee
including the fares payable on each service and a time table of the
services.

4. A grantee or licensee shall not demand from a person a fare or
charge for a ferry service which he is required to provide under his
franchise or licence in excess of the fare or charge fixed or otherwise
determined under the Ordinance, or the franchise or licence for that ferry
service.

5. Subject to the prior written consent of the Commissioner and to
any directions the Commissioner may give in relation thereto, a grantee
or licensee shall not carry on any ferry vessel any cargo the presence of
which might reasonably be expected to cause offence to any. passenger
on the ferry, vessel





6. (1) A grantee or licensee shall. having due regard to the
circumstances, give adequate notice to the public in the event of any
temporary suspension or proposed temporary suspension of a ferry
service or resumption of a suspended ferry service.

(2) The Commissioner may give directions to a grantee or licensee
as to what constitutes adequate notice for the purposes of paragraph
(1).

7. A grantee or licensee shall not erect or permit the erection of
signs or destination indicators on any approach to a pier or berth
without the consent of the Commissioner.

PART 111

PROVISIONS RELATING TO LICENSED SERVICES

8. No person shall, without lawful authority-

(a) enter upon any ferry vessel;

(b)enter upon any pier or other place reserved for a ferry service,

(e)enter upon any part of a ferry vessel which is marked with an
indication that admission is prohibited or restricted; or

(d)enter upon the bridge, wheelhouse or engine room of any ferry
vessel.

9. No person shall, without reasonable excuse, stand upon the
gangway or other accessway to or from any ferry vessel, or otherwise
impede access to or along the gangway or other accessway to the ferry
vessel.

10. No person shall throw or attempt to throw any lifebuoy or any
equipment on or from any ferry vessel or pier except in the case of an
emergency.

11. No person shall drop any rubbish on any ferry vessel or pier
otherwise than in a receptacle provided for that purpose.

12. (1) No person on a ferry vessel in use on a franchised or
licensed service shall

(a) behave in such a manner; or

(b) operate any radio, tape recorder or musical instrument,

so as to cause inconvenience to any passenger.

(2) The person in command of a ferry vessel in use on a franchised
or licensed service may, at any time during a journey by the ferry vessel,
require any person who has in his possession a radio, tape recorder or
musical instrument to stop using such radio, tape recorder or musical
instrument.





13. No person shall travel or attempt to travel in or bring or attempt
to bring any vehicle on board any ferry vessel in use on a licensed
service after being informed by a member of the staff of the licensee that
such ferry vessel contains the full complement of passengers or
vehicles.

14. No person shall smoke or carry any lighted pipe, cigar or
cigarette in any part of a ferry vessel in use on a licensed service which
is marked with the indication that smoking is probibited in that part of
the ferry vessel.

15. Except with the prior written consent of the Commissioner, a
licensee shall not use or permit any other person to use any pier or berth
for any purpose other than the operation of a licensed service.

16. (1) No person shall without the permission of the licensee take
or have on board a ferry vessel in use on a licensed service any
personal baggage other than baskets., bags or parcels carried by hand.

(2) A person shall not stow any personal baggage on a scat on a
ferry vessel in use on a licensed service.

(3) No person shall take on board a ferry vessel in use on a
licensed service any cargo that may reasonably be expected to cause
offence to any passenger on the ferry vessel.

17. No person shall take a dog, bird or other animal in or onto a
ferry vessel in use on a licensed service or pier or other place reserved
for embarkation of passengers using a licensed service unless

(a)the dog, bird or other animal is suitably restrained or caged.,
and

(b)the person desiring to take the dog, bird or other animal on
board the ferry vessel has first obtained the approval of a
member of the staff of the licensee.

18. No person shall stand, or place his feet, on any seat on a ferry
vessel or any pier used for or in connexion with a licensed service.

19. No person shall alight or attempt to alight from, or board or
attempt to board, any ferry vessel in use on a licensed service

(a) while the ferry vessel is underway; or

(b)by a means other than the entrance or exit provided therefor.

20. (1) No person shall without lawful authority open or remove or
attempt to open or remove, or climb over or attempt to climb over, any
gate or barrier erected on any pier or other place reserved for the
purposes of a licensed service.





(2) No person shall without lawful authority make fast any launch,
sampan, boat or other craft to. or use or embark or disembark passengers
at, any pier reserved for the purposes of a licensed service.

21. No person shall embark on or disembark from a ferry vessel in
use on a licensed service from or on to any sampan, boat or other craft
where any other means of embarkation or disembarkation is provided.

22. No person shall travel on a ferry vessel in use on a licensed
service in a class higher than that for which he has paid the fare.

23. No person shall wilfully obstruct any person acting under the
authority of a licensee in the discharge of his duties.

24. (1) A licensee may refuse access to a ferry vessel in use on a
licensed service by an intoxicated person notwithstanding that the
person has tendered the appropriate fare, gained admission to a pier or
other point of embarkation used for the purposes of a licensed service or
holds a ticket that would otherwise have permitted him to embark onto
the ferry vessel.

(2) The person in command of a ferry vessel in use on a licensed
service may, at any time during ajourney by the ferry vessel, require an
intoxicated person found on board the ferry vessel to disembark at a
ferry point on such licensed service as directed by the person in
command.

25. (1) A licensee may issue tickets including monthly, season and
punch tickets to cover one or more journeys on a licensed service.

(2) Every person to whom a ticket is issued in respect of a fare paid
for a journey by a ferry vessel in use on a licensed service (including
tickets issued under paragraph (1)) shall on demand produce the same to
any member of the staff of the licensee authorized to collect or inspect
tickets.

(3) A person shall surrender any ticket, other than a multiple
journey ticket, issued in respect of a fare paid for a journey by a ferry
vessel in use on a licensed service upon demand to any member of the
staff of the licensee authorized to collect tickets.

(4) A person shall surrender a multiple journey ticket issued in
respect of fares paid or a number of journeys by a ferry vessel in use on
a licnesed service to any member of the staff of the licensee authorized
to collect tickets upon demand made at any time during or after
completion of the last journey for which the ticket is issued.

26. No person shall swear or use obscene or offensive language
while in or upon any ferry vessel or pier in use on or reserved for a
licensed service.





27. No person shall spit in, on or from any ferry vessel or pier in
use on or reserved for a licensed service.

28. There shall be payable in respect of the issue of a licence a fee
of $50.

PART IV

EVIDENCE AND OFFENCES

29. (1) Where a person is suspected of having committed an
offence against the Ordinance or these regulations, he shall on demand
give his name, address and proof of identity to any member of the staff
of a grantee or a licensee who produces reasonable proof of his identity
to the alleged offender.

(2) In this regulation 'proof of identity' has the meaning assigned
to it by section 17B of the Immigration Ordinance.

30. Any person who contravenes any of. the provisions of
regulation 3, 4, 5, 6(1), 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22,
23, 25(2), (3) and (4), 26, 27, or 29(1) commits an offence and is liable to a
fine of $2,000.
L.N. 206/82. Citation. Interpretation. Display of services and fares. Maximum fares. Offensive cargo. Notice of temporary suspension. Signs. Restriction on entering ferry vessel, etc. Access to be kept clear. Safety equipment. Littering. Noise. Boarding full vessels. No smoking in designated areas. Use of piers, etc. Personal baggage. Restriction on animals on ferry vessels. Standing on seats. Alighting from ferry vessel, etc. Improper use of ferry pier. Embarkation etc, from sampans, etc. Class of passage. Obstruction of authorized persons. Intoxicated persons. Tickets. Prohibition on swearing, etc. Prohibition on spitting. Fee for licence. Name and address to be given in certain circumstances. (Cap. 115.) Offences and penalties.

L.N. 206/82. Citation. Interpretation. Display of services and fares. Maximum fares. Offensive cargo. Notice of temporary suspension. Signs. Restriction on entering ferry vessel, etc. Access to be kept clear. Safety equipment. Littering. Noise. Boarding full vessels. No smoking in designated areas. Use of piers, etc. Personal baggage. Restriction on animals on ferry vessels. Standing on seats. Alighting from ferry vessel, etc. Improper use of ferry pier. Embarkation etc, from sampans, etc. Class of passage. Obstruction of authorized persons. Intoxicated persons. Tickets. Prohibition on swearing, etc. Prohibition on spitting. Fee for licence. Name and address to be given in certain circumstances. (Cap. 115.) Offences and penalties.

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