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[接上页] (a) order and safety, public health, and the prevention and abatement of nuisances in the road tunnel area; (b) the control, restriction and safety of traffic in the road tunnel area; (c) the regulation of the speed of traffic using the road tunnel area; (d) the regulation of the types, dimensions, condition and loading of vehicles which may use the road tunnel area; (e) the regulation of the use by vehicles in the road tunnel area of lights, horns, sirens and other equipment; (f) the regulation and prevention of the carriage into or through the road tunnel area of any offensive, noxious or dangerous goods; (g) the collection of tolls in respect of the use of the road tunnel; (ga) the regulation of the use of automatic toll collection facilities; (Added 49 of 1993 s. 2) (h) the purchase, issue and collection of toll tickets in respect of such use; (i) the towing away or removal of any vehicle or thing causing obstruction in the road tunnel area and the imposition of charges in respect of any such towage or removal and of any storage, detention or service of such vehicle or thing; (j) the protection of any property owned or controlled by the Road Company from damage or injury; (k) the employment and organization of personnel provided by the Road Company for the control, restriction and safety of traffic in the road tunnel area and approach roads; (l) any other conditions subject to which the road tunnel area may be used by the public for the passage of motor vehicles; and (m) any other matter relating to the control, operation and management of the road tunnel area which it is necessary or expedient to provide for.(2) Where a by-law made under subsection (1) provides for the issue of a permit for any purpose, the by-law may prescribe a fee to be paid in respect of such permit. (3) All by-laws made under subsection (1) shall be subject to the approval of the Legislative Council. (4) Any by-laws made under subsection (1) may provide that a contravention of specified provisions thereof shall be an offence and may provide penalties therefor not exceeding a fine of $2000. (5) The Road Company shall cause printed copies of all by-laws made under this section to be kept at the registered office of the Road Company and to be available for sale at a reasonable charge to every person applying therefor. (6) The Legislative Council may by resolution amend the figure specified in subsection (4). (Enacted 1986) Cap 215 s 55 Road Company to charge approved tolls for use of road tunnel PART IX COLLECTION OF TOLLS (1) Subject to this Ordinance, the Road Company may demand and collect tolls in respect of the passage of motor vehicles through the road tunnel. (2) The tolls that may be collected under subsection (1) shall be those specified in the Schedule. (3) The tolls specified in the Schedule may be varied- (a) by agreement between the Governor in Council and the Road Company; or (b) in default of agreement by submission of the question of the variation of tolls to arbitration under the Arbitration Ordinance (Cap 341) by either the Governor in Council or the Road Company.(4) On a submission to arbitration under subsection (3), the arbitrators shall be guided by the need to ensure that the carrying out by the Road Company of its obligations, or the exercise of its rights, under this Ordinance is reasonably but not excessively remunerative to the Road Company, having regard to- (a) any material change in the economic conditions of Hong Kong since the enactment of this Ordinance or, as the case may be, since tolls were last determined under this section; (b) the dismissal of any appeal by the Road Company made under section 75; (c) any material change in any other circumstances affecting the exercise by the Road Company of its rights under the franchise granted by section 4(1); (d) the effect of the introduction of, or alteration in, any tax or levy imposed on the use of the road tunnel; (e) the principle that tolls or |