第474B章赋权条文
(第474章第17条)
[1998年2月13日]
(本为1998年第90号法律公告)
第474B章 第1条释义
在本规例中，除文意另有所指外─
“收费区管理人员”(toll area control officer) 具有本条例第49条给予该词的涵义；
“交通标志”(traffic sign) 指用以向道路使用者传达警告、资料、规定、限制、禁制或指示的标志、物体或设备；
“管制灯号”(light signal) 指用以管制收费区内车辆交通或行人的照明讯号；
“道路标记”(road marking) 指放置或嵌装于路面，以向道路使用者传达警告、资料、规定、限制、禁制或指示的条、字、标记或设备；
“总经理”(General Manager) 指公司委任以管制和管理收费区的人。
第474B章 第2条公司的义务
(1)公司须履行下述规定，并须达到运输署署长满意的程度─
(a)在收费区内竖立和维持足够和能发挥效用的交通标志及管制灯号，并在收费区内放置和维持足够和能发挥效用的道路标记；
(b)提供和维持一个须符合以下说明的控制中心─
(i)位于近隧道北面入口的行政大楼内；
(ii)备有足够装备，以规管和管制收费区内的车辆及使用收费区或受雇在收费区内工作的人；及
(iii)时刻由足够数目的在使用第(ii)节提述装备方面及施行紧急交通安排方面曾受训练的人员操作；(c)提供控制中心与下述部门的直接电讯联系，并时刻将该联系维持于能发挥效用的操作状态─
(i)香港警务处在新界区的总区指挥及控制中心；
(ii)香港警务处在新界区的新界南区行动基地； (1998年第312号法律公告)
(iii)消防处的通讯中心；及
(iv)青马管制区营运者的控制中心；(d)提供设于隧道内的紧急通讯系统，以供香港警务处及消防处的人员与(c)段提述的其各自的部门通讯，并将该系统维持于能发挥效用的操作状态；
(e)提供无线电转播系统，将控制中心发出关于交通情况及交通安排的讯息传送予使用隧道人士，并将该系统维持于能发挥效用的操作状态；
(f)为处理收费区内的车辆故障、交通意外及交通阻塞提供足够数目并曾受训练的人员；
(g)为(f)段提述的人士提供服务车辆，而该等车辆的类型、规格及数量须是工程项目协议附录8所指明的，或是已事先获得运输署署长批准的；
(h)提供足够数量的(g)段提述的服务车辆，而该等车辆须由足够数目并曾受训练的人员操控和时刻维持于准备随时出动的状态，又当任何服务车辆在行车上时，须维持该等车辆与控制中心之间的双向无线电通讯联系；
(i)提供足够的通风系统，以保障使用隧道或受雇在隧道内工作的人的健康及安全；
(j)提供装备，用以持续测量和记录隧道内的一氧化碳气体浓度及二氧化氮气体浓度以及消光系数，并在浓度超过第(2)款所指明的水平时在控制中心发出可见并可听到的警报；如在商业市场上并无测量二氧化氮气体的装备，则须提供用以持续测量和记录一氧化氮气体的装备，但一旦在商业市场上有测量二氧化氮气体的装备，须立即予以替换；
(k)以运输署署长规定的格式及内容，向运输署署长提供显示(j)段提述的持续测量结果的统计资料；
(l)提供和时刻维持足够的急救装备；
(m)在收费区内提供足够和能发挥效用的照明；
(n)在顾及使用隧道的交通流量及隧道外的光暗情况后，安排调节隧道内的照明；
(o)将紧急电力供应时刻维持于能发挥效用的操作状态，以供消防处人员在隧道内使用；
(p)提供与2个独立外来电源连系的接驳连系，以便在一个电源发生故障时，有足够电力继续供已建设及受保养的设施全面运作；
(q)除(p)段所述的规定外，还须提供发电装置和时刻维持该发电装置是处于备妥状态，以便外来电源一旦发生故障时，所供应的电力足以操作位于收费区内的下述紧急系统及装备最少6小时─
(i)消防系统；
(ii)所有接受不间断供电支援的负荷；
(iii)必要的隧道照明装备及隧道内的紧急电源插座；
(iv)电脑室、控制室及不间断供电支援室的空气调节系统；
(v)电池室的机械通风设备；及
(vi)缴费广场、行政大楼及附属建筑物的紧急照明装备及必要的电源插座；(r)保持收费区清洁整齐；
(s)向正在执行与收费区有关的职务的香港特别行政区政府人员或其他雇员及香港特别行政区政府的代理人，提供通道和利便他们在执行上述职务时所进行的活动。(2)公司须确保─
(a)隧道内的一氧化碳气体浓度，在任何5分钟内以容积计平均不超过百万分之一百；
(b)隧道内的二氧化氮气体浓度，在任何5分钟内以容积计平均不超过百万分之一；如在商业市场上并无测量二氧化氮气体的装备，则公司须确保隧道内的一氧化氮气体浓度，在任何5分钟内以容积计平均不超过百万分之11.4；及
(c)隧道内的能见度在任何5分钟内均维持于消光系数不超过每公尺0.005。(3)公司须─
(a)在收费区内提供和时刻维持足够的消防装置及装备，并且须达到消防处处长满意的程度；
(b)在收费区内发生火警、交通意外或有人受伤的情况时而于消防处人员及香港警务处人员未抵达之前，在合理的切实可行范围内尽量和尽快采取灭火行动和为受伤的人提供急救治疗，并且须协助消防处人员及香港警务处人员进行任何灭火或救援行动；
(c)确保执行(b)段所提述行动的收费区管理人员已接受关乎灭火程序、急救技巧和使用灭火及急救装备的训练。(4)当任何在收费区内有交通改道或阻碍交通的情况而可能影响收费区外的交通流动时，公司须立刻向─
(a)香港警务处在新界区的总区指挥及控制中心；
(b)香港警务处在新界区的新界南区行动基地；及 (1998年第312号法律公告)
(c)运输署署长所指定的人员，报告。
(5)当任何在收费区内有交通改道或阻碍交通的情况而可能影响青马管制区内的交通流动时，公司须立刻向青马管制区营运者的控制中心报告。
(6)公司须与青马管制区营运者就下述事宜订立合作协议，或安排收费区营运者与青马管制区营运者就下述事宜订立合作协议：订明须为促进在收费区及青马管制区运作上的合作以及须为促进安全和有效率的交通流量而提供设施和作出安排。上述合作协议须载有符合工程项目协议附录8指明的规定。
(7)在本条中─
“已建设及受保养的设施”(Constructed and Maintained Facilities) 指工程项目协议所界定的已建设及受保养的设施；
“行车”(lane) 指收费区内供车辆行驶的行车；
“青马管制区”(Tsing Ma Control Area) 指根据《青马管制区条例》(第498章)第7条存放的图则上所描述和划定为青马管制区的区域，并包括全部或部分位于该区域内的任何道路、高架道路、桥梁或隧道，但不包括当其时在图则上描述和划定为由地铁有限公司拥有或由其管有或控制的该区域中的任何部分； (2000年第13号第65条)
“控制中心”(control centre) 除文意另有所指外，指第(1)(b)款提述的控制中心；
“隧道”(tunnel) 指本条例第27条所指的大榄隧道。
第474B章 第3条交通标志、管制灯号及道路标记
(1)为遵从第2(1)(a)条的规定，公司可安排或允许在收费区内竖立或放置─
(a)任何交通标志、管制灯号或道路标记，而其大小、颜色及类型须为根据本条例订立的附例所指明者；
(b)任何属警告性或提示性的交通标志或道路标记或连同该等交通标志一起使用的辅助字牌，而其大小、颜色及类型须为《道路交通(交通管制)规例》(第374章，附属法例)附表1及2所指示者；
(c)(在运输署署长批准予以竖立或放置的情况下)任何属限制性的交通标志、连同该等交通标志一起使用的辅助字牌、道路标记或管制灯号，惟该等交通标志或道路标记的大小、颜色及类型须为《道路交通(交通管制)规例》(第374章，附属法例)附表1及2所指示者，而该等管制灯号的大小、颜色及类型则须为该规例附表3就该规例所指的交通灯而指示者；及
(d)公司认为为向在收费区内人士提供提示及资料而属适当的任何交通标志、管制灯号或道路标记。(2)公司可藉竖立或放置适当的标志，以取消、更改或暂停任何根据第(1)(a)、(b)或(d)款在收费区内竖立或放置的交通标志、管制灯号或道路标记的运作。
(3)公司在运输署署长指示下，须自费移去或更改任何根据第(1)款在收费区内竖立或放置的交通标志、管制灯号或道路标记。
第474B章 第4条制服及身分证明
当值收费区管理人员─
(a)须穿设计获警务处处长批准的制服，但总经理不在此限；
(b)须携带由公司发出并获运输署署长批准的身分证件；
(c)在有人有合理理由而提出要求下，须立即向该人出示收费区管理人员的身分证件及委任证明。
第474B章 第5条收费区管理人员截停车辆的权力
(1)收费区管理人员─
(a)为防止或侦测任何违反《道路交通(快速公路)规例》(第374章，附属法例)或违反根据本条例订立的附例的事项；或
(b)如有合理理由相信某车辆的驾驶人─
(i)未缴付本条例指明的使用费或其他费用；
(ii)正在阻碍或相当可能会阻碍收费区内的车辆或行人交通；
(iii)相当可能会违反或已违反《道路交通(快速公路)规例》(第374章，附属法例)或任何根据本条例订立的附例；或
(iv)涉及在收费区内发生的意外，可在收费区内行使第(2)款指明的任何权力。
(2)为施行第(1)款，收费区管理人员可─
(a)命令或以讯号示意某车辆的驾驶人─
(i)立即停车；或
(ii)将车驶往收费区内的某个指定地方并于该处停车；(b)要求某车辆的驾驶人─
(i)出示其驾驶执照；
(ii)报出其地址；
(iii)就其所知，报出登记车主的姓名或名称及地址。
第474B章 第6条收费区管理人员搜查车辆的权力
收费区管理人员─
(a)为防止或侦测任何违反根据本条例就禁止或限制某种类的车辆使用收费区而订立的附例的事项；或
(b)如有合理理由相信某车辆的驾驶人相当可能会违反或已违反《道路交通(快速公路)规例》(第374章，附属法例)或任何根据本条例订立的附例，可在收费区内，登上有关车辆、检查和搜查该车辆及其内或其上的任何东西。
第474B章 第7条车辆使用收费区的优先次序
运输署署长可与公司安排给予某些车辆在某些时间优先使用收费区的权利，而公司须按照该项安排给予该等车辆此项优先权。
第474B章 第8条罪行及罚则
任何人没有遵从收费区管理人员根据第5条发出或作出的命令、讯号或要求，或妨碍或干扰收费区管理人员根据第6条行事，即属犯罪，可处第2级罚款及监禁6个月。
【英文全文】Cap474BEmpoweringsection
(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-
(i) fire services systems;
(ii) all loads backed up by uninterruptible power supply;
(iii) essential tunnel lighting and emergency power points inside the tunnel;
(iv) air-conditioning for computer rooms, control rooms and uninterruptible power supply rooms;
(v) mechanical ventilation for battery rooms; and
(vi) emergency lights and essential power points for the toll plaza, the administration building and ancillary buildings;(r) keep the toll area in a clean and orderly condition;
(s) provide access and facilitate the activities of officers or other servants of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and its agents whilst engaged in duty relating to the toll area.(2) The Company shall ensure that-
(a) the concentration of carbon monoxide gas in the tunnel does not during any 5-minute period exceed an average of 100 parts per million by volume;
(b) the concentration of nitrogen dioxide gas in the tunnel does not during any 5-minute period exceed an average of 1 part per million by volume or; where the equipment for measuring nitrogen dioxide gas is not commercially available in the market, the concentration of nitric oxide gas in the tunnel does not during any 5-minute period exceed an average of 11.4 parts per million by volume; and
(c) the visibility in the tunnel does not during any 5-minute period exceed an extinction coefficient of 0.005 per metre.(3) The Company shall-
(a) to the satisfaction of the Director of Fire Services, provide and maintain adequate fire service installations and equipment in the toll area at all times;
(b) in the event of fire, traffic accident or injury to persons in the toll area, conduct fire fighting operation and render first aid treatment to the injured persons as soon as and so far as it is reasonably practicable prior to the arrival of those officers of the Fire Services Department and Hong Kong Police Force, and offer assistance to those officers in the course of any fire fighting or rescue operation;
(c) ensure the toll area control officers engaged in the operation referred to in paragraph (b) are trained in fire fighting procedures, first aid techniques and the use of fire fighting and first aid equipment.(4) The Company shall, without delay, report and diversion or interruption of traffic in the toll area that may affect the flow of traffic outside that area to-
(a) the Regional Command and Control Centre of the Hong Kong Police Force in the New Territories;
(b) the New Territories South Operational Base of the Hong Kong Police Force in the New Territories; and
(c) an officer designated by the Commissioner.(5) The Company shall, without delay, report any diversion or interruption of traffic in the toll area that may affect the flow of traffic inside the Tsing Ma Control Area to the control centre of the operator of the Tsing Ma Control Area.
(6) The Company shall enter, or cause the operator of the toll area to enter, into co-operation agreements with the operator of the Tsing Ma Control Area to provide for facilities and arrangements, which will facilitate co-operation in the operation of the toll area and the Tsing Ma Control Area and the safe and efficient flow of traffic. The co-operation agreements shall contain requirements specified in Appendix 8 of the project agreement.
(7) In this section-
'Constructed and Maintained Facilities' (已建设及受保养的设施) means the Constructed and Maintained Facilities defined in the project agreement;
'control centre' (控制中心), unless the context otherwise requires, means the control centre referred to in subsection (1)(b);
'lane' (行车) means a lane for the passage of traffic in the toll area;
'Tsing Ma Control Area' (青马管制区) means the area described and delineated as such on a plan deposited under section 7 of the Tsing Ma Control Area Ordinance (Cap 498) and includes any road, viaduct, bridge or tunnel wholly or partially located within that area but does not include any part of that area so described and delineated which is for the time being under the ownership, possession or control of the MTR Corporation Limited; (13 of 2000 s. 65)
'tunnel' (隧道) means the Tai Lam Tunnel within the meaning of section 27 of the Ordinance.
Cap 474B s 3 Traffic signs, light signals and road markings
(1) In order to comply with section 2(1)(a), the Company may cause or permit to be erected or placed in the toll area-
(a) any traffic sign, light signal or road marking of the size, colour and type specified in bylaws made under the Ordinance;
(b) any warning or informatory traffic sign, supplementary plate that may be used with those traffic signs or road marking of the size, colour and type shown in Schedules 1 and 2 of the Road Traffic (Traffic Control) Regulations (Cap 374 sub. leg.);
(c) if the Commissioner approves each such erection or placing, any regulatory traffic sign, supplementary plate that may be used with those traffic signs, road marking or light signal of the size, colour and type shown in Schedules 1, 2 and 3 of the Road Traffic (Traffic Control) Regulations (Cap 374 sub. leg.); and
(d) any traffic sign, light signal or road marking as it may think appropriate for the giving of advice and information to persons within the toll area.(2) The Company may, by the erection or placing of an appropriate sign, cancel, alter or temporarily suspend the operation of any traffic sign, light signal or road marking erected or placed in the toll area under subsection (1)(a), (b) or (d).
(3) The Company shall, if directed to do so by the Commissioner, remove or alter at its own cost any traffic sign, light signal or road marking erected or placed in the toll area under subsection (1).
Cap 474B s 4 Uniforms and identification
A toll area control officer on duty shall-
(a) except in the case of the General Manager, wear a uniform of a design approved by the Commissioner of Police;
(b) carry such means of identity issued by the Company and approved by the Commissioner;
(c) promptly produce to any person who on reasonable grounds requests him to do so his means of identity and evidence of appointment.
Cap 474B s 5 Toll area control officers' power to stop vehicles
(1) A toll area control officer may-
(a) for the purpose of preventing or detecting any contravention of the Road Traffic (Expressway) Regulations (Cap 374 sub. leg.) or bylaws made under the Ordinance; or
(b) if he has reasonable grounds for believing that the driver of a vehicle-
(i) has not paid tolls or fees specified in the Ordinance;
(ii) is interrupting or likely to interrupt vehicular or pedestrian traffic in the toll area;
(iii) is likely to contravene or has contravened the Road Traffic (Expressway) Regulations (Cap 374 sub. leg.) or any of the bylaws made under the Ordinance; or
(iv) has been involved in an accident in the toll area,exercise, within the toll area, any of the powers specified in subsection (2).
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), a toll area control officer may-
(a) order or signal the driver of a vehicle-
(i) to stop the vehicle immediately; or
(ii) to proceed to a designated place in the toll area and to stop there;(b) require the driver of a vehicle-
(i) to produce his driving licence;
(ii) to give his address;
(iii) to give the name and address of the registered owner of the vehicle where that information is within his knowledge.
Cap 474B s 6 Toll area control officers' power to search vehicles
A toll area control officer may-
(a) for the purpose of preventing or detecting a contravention of any bylaw made under the Ordinance that prohibits or restricts the use of the toll area by vehicles of certain descriptions; or
(b) if he has reasonable grounds for believing that the driver of a vehicle is likely to contravene or has contravened the Road Traffic (Expressway) Regulations (Cap 374 sub. leg.) or any bylaw made under the Ordinance,within the toll area, enter, examine and search a vehicle and anything in or on the vehicle.
Cap 474B s 7 Priority of vehicles using the toll area
The Commissioner may arrange with the Company that certain vehicles should be given priority in the use of the toll area during certain periods and the Company shall give such priority to those vehicles in accordance with the arrangement.
Cap 474B s 8 Offences and penalties
Any person who fails to comply with any order, signal or requirement given or made by a toll area control officer under section 5, or who obstructs or interferes with a toll area control officer acting under section 6, commits an offence and is liable to a fine at level 2 and to imprisonment for 6 months.