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(Cap 393 section 35) [26 April 1991] (L.N. 171 of 1991) Cap 393B bylaw 1 Citation PRELIMINARY These by-laws may be cited as the Tate's Cairn Tunnel By-laws. (Enacted 1991) Cap 393B bylaw 2 Interpretation In these by-laws, unless the context otherwise requires- "articulated vehicle" (挂接车辆) has the same meaning as in the Road Traffic (Construction and Maintenance of Vehicles) Regulations (Cap 374 sub. leg.); "autotoll booth" (自动收费亭) means a toll booth equipped with an automatic toll collection facility approved by the Commissioner; (L.N. 295 of 1995) "control centre" (控制中心) has the same meaning as in the regulations; "driver" (驾驶人) has the same meaning as in Part IX of the Ordinance; "electronic pass" (电子代用证) means a pass issued by the Company under by-law 16A(3); (L.N. 295 of 1995) "franchised bus" (专营巴士) has the same meaning as in the Road Traffic (Traffic Control) Regulations (Cap 374 sub. leg.); "gross vehicle weight" (车辆总重) and "permitted gross vehicle weight" (许可车辆总重) have the same meanings as in the Road Traffic Ordinance (Cap 374); "lane" (行车) means a traffic lane in the tunnel area; "overall width" (全宽度) has the same meaning as in the Road Traffic (Construction and Maintenance of Vehicles) Regulations (Cap 374 sub. leg.); "owner" (车主) has the same meaning as in Part IX of the Ordinance; "prescribed traffic sign" (订明交通标志) means a traffic sign of the size, colour and type prescribed in the Schedule; "regulations" (规例) means regulations made under section 24 of the Ordinance; "rigid vehicle" (整体式车辆) has the same meaning as in the Road Traffic (Construction and Maintenance of Vehicles) Regulations (Cap 374 sub. leg.); "road marking" (道路标记) has the same meaning as in the regulations; "toll" (隧道费) means the appropriate toll chargeable by the Company under the Ordinance; "toll booth" (隧道费收费亭) means a structure erected at the entrance to, or exit from, a traffic lane in the tunnel area for the purpose of collecting tolls; "traffic sign" (交通标志) has the same meaning as in the regulations; "tunnel" (隧道) has the same meaning as in the Ordinance; "tunnel area" (隧道区) has the same meaning as in the Ordinance; "Tunnel Manager" (隧道经理) has the same meaning as in the regulations; "tunnel officer" (隧道人员) has the same meaning as in the regulations. (Enacted 1991) Cap 393B bylaw 3 Application (1) These by-laws shall apply within the tunnel area. (2) The Company shall place a traffic sign of the type shown in- (a) Figure No. 8 in the Schedule at each entrance to the tunnel area; and (b) Figure No. 9 in the Schedule at each exit from the tunnel area.(3) Any vehicle or thing that is partly within the tunnel area shall, for the purposes of these by-laws, be deemed to be within the tunnel area. (Enacted 1991) Cap 393B bylaw 4 Exemptions (1) A vehicle that carries a person in the service of the Crown when he is engaged on duty relating to the tunnel area is exempt from the payment of a toll. (2) If a vehicle of the Government Fire Services Department, an ambulance, a police vehicle or a vehicle used for defence purposes, including civil defence purposes, is being used in the course of urgent duty- (a) the driver and owner of the vehicles are exempt from by-law 17(1)(i), (n), (r), (s), (t), (u), (v) and (w); and (b) the driver of the vehicle is exempt from by-law 18(1)(a), (b), (f) and (h).(3) The driver and owner of a vehicle specified in by-law 17(1)(s), (t), (u) or (v), which is being moved in an emergency with and in accordance with the permission of the Tunnel Manager are exempt from by-law 17(1). (Enacted 1991) Cap 393B bylaw 5 Control of traffic TRAFFIC CONTROL Persons in the tunnel area shall be subject to the control and direction of tunnel officers. (Enacted 1991) Cap 393B bylaw 6 Access No person shall enter or leave the tunnel area, or shall cause or permit any vehicle to do so, except at such places and in such manner as may be provided by the Company for the purpose and be indicated by traffic signs. (Enacted 1991) Cap 393B bylaw 7 Directions of tunnel officers to be obeyed All persons in the tunnel area shall comply with any order, signal, requirement or instruction given or made by a tunnel officer in the course of his duty relating to the management of the tunnel area or control, restriction and safety of traffic. (Enacted 1991) Cap 393B bylaw 8 Lane changing The driver of a vehicle shall not, unless authorized to do so by a tunnel officer or by a traffic sign, cause or permit his vehicle or any part of it to be on or over or to cross the continuous double lines dividing any road situated in the tunnel area into lanes. (Enacted 1991) Cap 393B bylaw 9 Meaning of traffic signs and road markings (1) The meaning of a prescribed traffic sign shall be in accordance with its content and the note relating to the figure of that sign in the Schedule. |