TRAMWAY REGULATIONS

TRAMWAY REGULATIONS

TRAMWAY REGULATIONS

(Cap. 107, section 38)

[12 September 1986.]

1. These regulations may be cited as the Tramway Regulations.

2. In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires

'Commissioner' means the Commissioner for Transport;

'designated tram stop' means a place designated as a tram stop under
regulation 3;

'Secretary' means the Secretary for Transport.

3. (1) The company may, with the permission in writing of the
Commissioner, designate any place on a road as a tram stop by the
erection thereon, or as near thereto as practicable, of a sign of such type
and construction as may be approved by the Commissioner.

(2) If the Commissioner considers it is in the public interest that a
place on a road be designated as a tram stop he may, by notice in
writing served on the company giving reasons, require the company to
designate that place as a tram stop by erecting a sign in the manner
prescribed by paragraph (1) before the date specified in the notice
(which date shall be not earlier than 14 days after the date of the notice).

(3) The company may, with the permission in writing of the
Commissioner, revoke the designation of any place as a tram stop by
removing the sign erected in respect thereof.

(4) The Commissioner may, by notice in writing served on the
company giving reasons, require the company to revoke the designation
of any place as a tram stop, either temporarily or permanently, by
removing the sign erected in respect thereof before the date specified in
the notice (which date shall, where practicable, be not earlier than 7 days
after the date of the notice).

(5) The Commissioner shall notify-the company in writing of any
refusal to grant permission under paragraph (1) or (3).

(6) The company shall at all times maintain any sign erected under
this regulation in good order, condition and repair to the satisfaction of
the Commissioner.

(7) Any place on a road in respect of which, at the commencement
of these regulations, a sign has been erected and is maintained by the
company for the purpose of indicating that cars may stop at that place,
shall be deemed to be a designated tram stop.





(8) In any proceedings under these regulations in relation to a place alleged
to be a designated tram stop, a sign that is erected at or near such place and
which purports to indicate that cars may stop at that place shall be deemed to
have been erected under this regulation unless the contrary is proved.

(9) If the company-

(a) erects a sign in contravention of paragraph (1);

(b) removes a sign in contravention of paragraph (3);

(e)fails to comply with the terms of a notice issued under paragraph (2)
or (4) and does not appeal in accordance with regulation 6; or

(d)where an appeal is made in accordance with regulation 6, fails to
comply with the terms of the notice as confirmed, varied or amended
by the Secretary under that regulation,

the company commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $1,000 and to a
further fine of SI 00 for each day on which the offence continues.

4. (1) The driver of a car shall, if requested to do so, stop the car at a
designated tram stop for the purpose of allowing passengers or intending
passengers to alight from or board the car.

(2) The driver of a car shall not, for the purpose of allowing passengers or
intending passengers to alight from or board the car, stop the car at a place other
than a designated tram stop.

(3) The driver of a car who without reasonable excuse contravenes
paragraph (1) or (2) commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $1,000 and to
imprisonment for 3 months.

5. The company shall from time to time issue advisory instructions to the
Commissioner of Police setting out the course of action recommended in the
event of a trolley wire falling onto a road or the safety of the public being
otherwise endangered in connexion with the tramway.

6. (1) The company, if it is aggrieved by any decision or requirement of, or
the refusal of permission by, the Commissioner under regulation 3, may, within
14 days of receiving notice in writing of such decision, requirement or refusal,
appeal in writing to the Secretary.

(2) The Secretary shall, within 28 days of receiving notice of an appeal
under paragraph (1), consider the appeal and may confirm, reverse, vary or
amend the decision or requirement of, or the refusal of permission by, the
Commissioner.

(3) The Secretary shall notify the company and the Commissioner of his
decision on an appeal.
L.N. 220/86. Citation. Interpretation. Designation of tram stops. Boarding and alighting of passengers. Company to issue instructions. Appeal by company.

L.N. 220/86. Citation. Interpretation. Designation of tram stops. Boarding and alighting of passengers. Company to issue instructions. Appeal by company.

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