### Public Bus Services Ordinance 《公共巴士服務條例》

13. Fares
(1) The Chief Executive in Council may determine— (Amended 62 of 1999 s. 3)
(a) the scale of fares which may be charged for the carriage of passengers, baggage and goods on any specified route or group of specified routes; and
(b) the maximum rate of increase which may be permitted by the Commissioner under subsection (3) in the scale of fares determined under paragraph (a).
(2) Where the Commissioner requires a grantee under section 15, or approves an application by a grantee under section 16A, to—
(a) alter a specified route temporarily; or
(b) operate a temporary public bus service on a route, not being a specified route,
the Commissioner shall determine the fares which may be charged for the carriage of passengers, baggage and goods on such altered route or temporary service, and such fares shall be based on the appropriate scale of fares determined under subsection (1)(a):
Provided that the Commissioner shall not reduce the fares on a specified route under this subsection where the reason for the temporary alteration arises out of circumstances beyond the control of the grantee. (Replaced 44 of 1984 s. 9)(3) Where circumstances require a public bus service to be operated on a specified route—
(a) on any day at a frequency greater than that specified in a direction under section 16(1)(a) or in an application approved under section 16A;
(b) during a period or on a day other than that specified in a direction under section 16(1)(a) or in an application approved under section 16A; or
(c) with a bus of a carrying capacity or of a type other than that specified in a direction under section 16(1)(b) or in an application approved under section 16A,
the Commissioner may by notice in writing to the grantee permit the grantee to charge an increased fare for the carriage of passengers, baggage and goods on such route during such operation of a public bus service, and such increased fare shall be based on the appropriate scale of fares determined under subsection (1)(a) to which may be added such increase as the Commissioner may think fit at a rate not exceeding the rate of increase determined under subsection (1)(b). (Replaced 44 of 1984 s. 9)
(4) A grantee shall not charge any passenger—
(a) a fare exceeding the fare determined in accordance with the appropriate scale of fares determined under subsection (1)(a) or the fare determined under subsection (2) or permitted under subsection (3); or
(b) except with the prior permission of the Commissioner, a fare lower than that so determined or, where applicable, the increased fare permitted under subsection (3). (Amended 44 of 1984 s. 9)

### Public Bus Services Ordinance 《公共巴士服務條例》

14. Alteration of routes and provision of additional routes
(1) Subject to subsections (4) and (5), the Chief Executive in Council may by notice in writing to the grantee require it, before the expiry of such period as may be specified in the notice, to—
(a) alter a specified route in the manner specified in the notice, whether by way of extending or curtailing or otherwise varying the route;
(b) operate a public bus service on such route, not being a specified route, as may be specified in the notice.
(2) Where under subsection (1) the Chief Executive in Council requires a grantee to operate a service on a new route, he may confer on the grantee the exclusive right to operate a public bus service on that route.
(3) The period of notice referred to in subsection (1) shall be—
(a) in the case of a notice served under paragraph (a) thereof, not less than 3 months; and
(b) in the case of a notice served under paragraph (b) thereof, not less than 6 months.
(4) A requirement shall not be made under subsection (1)(a) unless the Commissioner has consulted the grantee with respect thereto. (Amended 44 of 1984 s. 10)
(5) Before a requirement under subsection (1)(b) is made, the Commissioner shall consult the grantee on the proposed service and satisfy himself that the grantee, if he is required to operate a public bus service on a new route, will—
(a) have available a sufficient number of buses for use on the new route and all existing routes; and
(b) be able to maintain a proper and efficient service on the new route and all existing routes,
and shall submit a report of his findings, and details of any points in disagreement between the grantee and him, to the Chief Executive in Council. (Added 44 of 1984 s. 10)
(Amended 44 of 1984 s. 10; 62 of 1999 s. 3)

### Public Bus Services Ordinance 《公共巴士服務條例》

15. Temporary alteration of routes and provision of additional routes
(1) The Commissioner may, after consultation with a grantee, by notice in writing to the grantee, require it, before the expiry of such period (being not less than 3 months) as may be specified in the notice, to—
(a) alter a specified route temporarily in the manner specified in the notice, whether by way of extending or curtailing or otherwise varying the route;
(b) operate a temporary public bus service on such route, not being a specified route, as may be specified in the notice.
(2) A requirement under subsection (1) shall have effect for such period, not exceeding 12 months, as may be specified in the notice, and may be extended by the Commissioner for a further period not exceeding 12 months.
(3) Before a requirement under subsection (1)(b) is made, the Commissioner shall satisfy himself that the grantee, if he is required to operate a public bus service on a new route, will—
(a) have available a sufficient number of buses for use on the new route and all existing routes; and
(b) be able to maintain a proper and efficient service on the new route and all existing routes. (Added 44 of 1984 s. 11)