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(Cap 474 section 17) [13 February 1998] (L.N. 90 of 1998) Cap 474B s 1 Interpretation In this Regulation, unless the context otherwise requires- "General Manager" (总经理) means the person appointed by the Company to control and manage the toll area; "light signal" (管制灯号) means an illuminated signal to control vehicular traffic or pedestrians within the toll area; "road marking" (道路标记) means a line, word, mark or device placed on, or set into, the surface of a road for conveying to persons using the road any warning, information, requirement, restriction, prohibition or direction; "toll area control officer" (收费区管理人员) has the meaning assigned to it by section 49 of the Ordinance; "traffic sign" (交通标志) means a sign, object or device for conveying to persons using a road any warning, information, requirement, restriction, prohibition or direction. Cap 474B s 2 The Company's obligations (1) The Company shall, to the satisfaction of the Commissioner- (a) erect and maintain adequate and efficient traffic signs and light signals, and place and maintain adequate and efficient road markings, in the toll area; (b) provide and maintain a control centre which shall- (i) be situated at the administration building near the northern portal of the tunnel; (ii) contain adequate equipment for the regulation and control of vehicles and persons using or employed in the toll area; and (iii) be manned at all times by an adequate number of persons trained in the use of equipment referred to in subparagraph (ii) and who are trained to implement emergency traffic arrangements;(c) provide and maintain in efficient working order direct telecommunications links at all times between the control centre and- (36 of 2000 s. 28) (i) the Regional Command and Control Centre of the Hong Kong Police Force in the New Territories; (ii) the New Territories South Operational Base of the Hong Kong Police Force in the New Territories; (iii) the Communication Centre of the Fire Services Department; and (iv) the control centre of the operator of the Tsing Ma Control Area;(d) provide and maintain in efficient working order the emergency communication system in the tunnel for officers of the Hong Kong Police Force and the Fire Services Department to communicate with their respective departments referred to in paragraph (c); (e) provide and maintain in efficient working order a radio re-broadcasting system for transmission of messages on traffic conditions and arrangements from the control centre to persons using the tunnel; (f) provide an adequate number of trained personnel for dealing with vehicular breakdowns, traffic accidents and obstruction in the toll area; (g) provide service vehicles for the personnel referred to in paragraph (f) of the type, specification and quantity specified in Appendix 8 of the project agreement or of a type or specification or quantity that has obtained the prior approval from the Commissioner; (h) provide an adequate number of service vehicles referred to in paragraph (g) to be manned and maintained at all times in a state of readiness by an adequate number of trained personnel and that a 2-way radio link is maintained between the service vehicle and the control centre while any such vehicle is present in a lane; (i) provide an adequate system of ventilation for the health and safety of persons using or employed in the tunnel; (j) provide equipment for the continuous measurement and recording of the concentration of carbon monoxide gas, nitrogen dioxide gas and extinction coefficient in the tunnel and for visual and audible alarm warnings to be given in the control centre if the concentration exceeds the level specified in subsection (2); where the equipment for measuring nitrogen dioxide gas is not commercially available in the market, equipment for the continuous measurement and recording of nitric oxide gas shall be provided subject to it being immediately replaced by equipment for measuring nitrogen dioxide gas when such equipment is available; (k) submit statistical data showing the results of the continuous measurements referred to in paragraph (j) to the Commissioner, in a form and containing the information required by him; (l) provide and maintain at all times adequate first aid equipment; (m) provide adequate and efficient illumination within the toll area; (n) arrange for variation of the illumination in the tunnel having regard to the volume of traffic using the tunnel and the light conditions outside the tunnel; (o) maintain in efficient working order at all times an emergency power supply for use in the tunnel by officers of the Fire Services Department; (p) provide connection to 2 independent outside sources of electric power so that, if there is failure of one source, adequate electric power continues to be available for the full operation of the Constructed and Maintained Facilities; (q) in addition to the requirement mentioned in paragraph (p), provide and maintain in a state of readiness at all times electricity generating apparatus which, in the event of failure of the outside sources of electric power, will be sufficient to operate the following emergency systems and equipment in the toll area for a minimum of 6 hours- |