Chapter:	230	Title:	PUBLIC BUS SERVICES ORDINANCE	Gazette Number:	29 of 1998; 62 of 1999
Section:	23	Heading:	Emergency	Version Date:	01/07/1997

Adaptation amendments retroactively made - see 29 of 1998 s. 105; 62 of 1999 s. 3

(1) If the Chief Executive in Council considers that an emergency exists he may direct that the franchise of a grantee be suspended, either altogether or in respect of any specified route he may specify, until the Chief Executive in Council declares that the emergency no longer exists. (Amended 62 of 1999 s. 3)
(2) Where under subsection (1) a franchise is suspended altogether or in respect of any specified route, the Government may by written notice served on the company and published in the Gazette require the company to deliver to the Government possession of the following property, that is to say-

(a) any premises provided and maintained in accordance with section 19;
(b) any property (other than premises mentioned in paragraph (a)) used or kept by the company for the purposes of or in connection with its franchise,

(a) may be retained by the Government until such time as the Chief Executive in Council declares that the emergency no longer exists, and may be so retained notwithstanding that the franchise period of the grantee has expired during the period of the emergency; and (Amended 62 of 1999 s. 3)
(b) may during its retention be used by the Government or its nominee in the operation of such bus service as the Commissioner thinks fit.

(a) which is terminable by either party upon the giving of 1 month's notice;
(b) which is subject to terms and conditions similar to the provisions applying by virtue of section 25A in respect of possession of the property under this section; and
(c) under which the rental is payable monthly in arrears.

(a) in the case of property being a number of motor vehicles, reference to the open market rental shall be taken to be reference to the open market rental that a lessor might be expected to realize in respect of that number of vehicles leased as a single lot;
(b) in the case of property being land or buildings on land, reference to a lease of the property shall be construed as reference to a lease on terms prohibiting the use of the property other than in accordance with the terms of any Government lease under which the land is held. (Amended 29 of 1998 s. 105)

(a) the compensation payable in respect of property being spare parts and other consumables shall be an amount equal to the difference in book value of the stock of such consumables taken over the period of the Government's possession of the property under subsection (3);
(b) the compensation payable in respect of property being the fixed assets of the franchisee (including plant and machinery) other than motor vehicles and land or buildings on land shall be an amount equal to the depreciation in the value of the property over the period of the Government's possession of the property under subsection (3) as calculated at the rate of depreciation applicable in respect of that property for the purposes of section 30,