Cap 230 s 16 Commissioner to specify frequency of services and carrying capacity and types of buses (PUBLIC BUS SERVICES ORDINANCE)

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Chapter:	230	Title:	PUBLIC BUS SERVICES ORDINANCE	Gazette Number:
Section:	16	Heading:	Commissioner to specify frequency of services and carrying capacity and types of buses	Version Date:	30/06/1997

(1) The Commissioner shall, after consultation with a grantee, from time to time as he thinks necessary, direct by notice in writing to the grantee-

(a) the frequency at and the period on each day during which a public bus service shall be operated on a specified route;

(b) the carrying capacity and types of the buses to be used on any such route.

(2) Where the effect of a notice under subsection (1) is to alter the frequency at which a public bus service is being operated under such a notice in force at the time that the first-mentioned notice is given, such first-mentioned notice shall take effect on such day as the Commissioner may specify, being not less than 3 months after the service of the notice.
(3) Subject to subsection (3A), a grantee may, on any specified route in respect of which it has the exclusive right to operate a public bus service, increase the frequency at which the service is operated on that route in accordance with a direction under subsection (1) whenever in its opinion circumstances so require. (Amended 44 of 1984 s. 12)
(3A) For the purposes of subsection (3)-

(a) subject to paragraph (b), before a grantee increases the frequency of service on any specified route he shall give to the Commissioner notice in writing of not less than 14 days or such lesser period as the Commissioner may allow;

(b) where due to the special circumstances of any case a grantee increases the frequency of service on any specified route without notice as required under paragraph (a), he shall, within 7 days after the date on which the frequency of service is increased, give to the Commissioner notice in writing of such increase and of the circumstances necessitating it. (Added 44 of 1984 s. 12)

(4) A grantee may, on any specified route in respect of which it does not have the exclusive right to operate a public bus service, increase the frequency at which the service is operated on that route in accordance with a direction under subsection (1) whenever in its opinion circumstances so require, if the increase in the frequency is-

(a) agreed between the grantee and any other grantee which operates a public bus service on that route; and

(b) approved by the Commissioner.

(5) Before a direction under subsection (1) is given, the Commissioner shall satisfy himself that the grantee, if he is required to operate a public bus service on a route at the frequency required, will-

(a) have available a sufficient number of buses for use on the route and all other routes; and

(b) be able to maintain a proper and efficient service on the route and all other routes. (Added 44 of 1984 s. 12)