KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY CORPORATION ORDINANCE - minor amendment

KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY CORPORATION ORDINANCE - minor amendment

CHAPTER 372

KOWLOON-CANTON RAILWAY CORPORATION

1. The Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation Ordinance is
amended-

(1) in section 30(1) by adding after paragraph (j)---

(ja) the designation of bus stops and the erection of
appropriate signs and notices thereon; (Added 45 of
1987 s.2)

(jb) the designation of stopping places for light rail
vehicles operated on the North-west Railway and the
erection of appropriate signs and notices thereon;
(Added 45 of 1987 s. 2)

(2) by repealing section 35(2).

2. The Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation Regulations are
amended by adding after regulation 13-

Forward planning programme

14. (1) Subject to paragraph (2), the Corporation shall,
not later than 31 October each year, submit to the Com-
missioner a programme ('programme of operations') of the
operations of its rail and bus services within the North-west
Transit Service Area for the 5 year period commencing on 1
January in the year following such submission.

(2) The Commissioner may direct that the Corporation
need not submit a programme of operations in any year or
years.

(3) A programme of operations submitted to the
Commissioner in any year shall supersede the programme of
operations (if any) last submitted.

(4) A programme of operations shall contain-

(a)a route development programme for the light rail and
bus services of the Corporation within the North-west
Transit Service Area, showing the details of proposed
changes to the routes operated, frequency of service,
and type and number of vehicles allocated to those
routes, month by month for the first 2 years of
the route development programme and half-yearly
thereafter;

(b)an estimate of the numbers and types of light rail
vehicles and buses required in daily service to meet the
requirements of the route development programme
referred to in subparagraph (a);





(c)estimates of the overall number of light rail vehicles
and the overall number of buses required to run the
daily light rail and bus services, with allowance being
made for reasonable proportions of light rail vehicles
and buses respectively being unavailable for use in the
operation of the services due to accidents, break-
downs, or for any other reasons.

(5) The Corporation shall inform the Commissioner of
any changes proposed to be made to the programme of
operations at least 1 month in advance of the change being
implemented.

(6) Notwithstanding paragraph (5), where a deviation
from a programme of operations is necessary in urgent or
exceptional circumstances, the Corporation shall not be
required to comply with paragraph (5) but shall, as soon as
practicable after such a deviation, inform the Commissioner of
the details of the deviation and the circumstances which have
occasioned it.

(7) The Corporation shall, as soon as practicable, submit
a written explanation to the Secretary for Transport for any
failure to comply with paragraph (1), (5) or (6).
(L.N. 205 of 1989)

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