### Tai Lam Tunnel and Yuen Long Approach Road Ordinance 《大欖隧道及元朗引道條例》

24. Advertising in toll area
(1) The Company may, with the prior approval of the Commissioner in writing, use, or permit the use of any part of the toll area for advertising purposes on such conditions, including conditions, if any, relating to charges, as it may determine.
(2) Part IX of the Public Health and Municipal Services Ordinance (Cap. 132) shall not apply to the use of any part of the toll area for advertising purposes.
(3) The Commissioner shall not give approval under subsection (1) where—
(a) it appears to him that the safety of persons using or employed in the toll area or its vicinity, or the passage of vehicles through the toll area, will be adversely affected by such advertising; or
(b) the Commissioner or the Director considers that such advertising is inappropriate.
(4) Subject to subsection (5) any approval given under subsection (1) shall be valid for a period of 3 years beginning on the date it is given and shall expire at the end of that period.
(5) The Commissioner may at any time withdraw, generally or as regards a particular advertisement or advertisements, any approval given under subsection (1), if it appears to him that advertising in the toll area or the display of a particular advertisement or advertisements adversely affects the safety of persons using or employed in the toll area or its vicinity or the passage of vehicles through the toll area.
(6) Where the Commissioner withdraws any approval under subsection (5), the Company shall cause any advertisement as regards which approval is withdrawn to be removed within such period as the Commissioner considers reasonable in the particular case.
(7) Where the Commissioner acts in accordance with subsections (5) and (6), no claim shall be made against the Government for the cost of any removal under subsection (6) or in respect of any other matter relating to the withdrawal of approval under subsection (5).

### Tai Lam Tunnel and Yuen Long Approach Road Ordinance 《大欖隧道及元朗引道條例》

25. Records and information
(1) The Company shall maintain the following records—
(a) an up-to-date set of drawings of the construction works, which shall show alterations (including additions), if any, made to the construction works;
(b) the times at or periods during which each toll gate in the toll area is open;
(c) the number of motor vehicles using the Tai Lam Tunnel and Yuen Long Approach Road specifying the different classes of such vehicles and their direction, and providing continuous and cumulative figures thereof;
(d) particulars relating to payment of tolls as described in section 26(1)(i);
(e) without affecting the generality of paragraph (d), the amount collected as tolls and the numbers and prices of toll tickets issued, if any;
(f) statistics of all accidents to and stoppages of traffic in the toll area;
(g) statistics of offences committed in the toll area and prosecutions under section 26(5); and
(h) particulars relating to the employment of personnel in connection with the operation of the Tai Lam Tunnel and Yuen Long Approach Road, including the nature of such employment, and the places and the times at which the personnel are so employed.
(2) The Commissioner may inspect, examine or make copies of any record or supporting accounts kept by the Company, and the Company shall afford such facilities for inspection, examination or copying to the Commissioner as may be required by him.
(3) For the purpose of enabling the Commissioner to ascertain whether any arrangements have been, or are to be made by the Company for the discharge of its obligations under this Part, Part IV or VIII or any regulations made under section 17, the Company shall, at the request of the Commissioner, as soon as reasonably practicable, furnish him with information relevant to such discharge, including information relating to the organization of the Company, as he may require.

### Tai Lam Tunnel and Yuen Long Approach Road Ordinance 《大欖隧道及元朗引道條例》

27. Company to charge approved tolls for use of Tai Lam Tunnel and Yuen Long Approach Road
(1) Subject to this Ordinance, the Company may, from the operating date until the expiry of the franchise period, demand and collect in respect of the passage of motor vehicles through the Tai Lam Tunnel and along the Yuen Long Approach Road, the tolls specified in Schedule 1.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1)—
Tai Lam Tunnel (大欖隧道) means the tunnel, more particularly described in the project agreement, extending under the Tai Lam Country Park from Ting Kau in the south, to Ho Pui in the north;
Yuen Long Approach Road (元朗引道) means the road, more particularly described in the project agreement, linking the Tai Lam Tunnel and the New Territories Circular Road at Au Tau and includes any part of such road.

28. Description of motor vehicles
The description of motor vehicles mentioned in Schedules 1 and 2 shall be interpreted in accordance with the definitions and classes of motor vehicles mentioned in section 2 of the Road Traffic Ordinance (Cap. 374).

29. Display of notices of tolls and sale thereof
(1) The Company shall, to the satisfaction of the Commissioner, cause to be displayed at entrances to the toll area, in conspicuous places, notices stating the toll payable in respect of each category of motor vehicle.
(2) The Company shall cause printed copies of a list of the tolls chargeable by the Company at any given time to be kept at the registered office of the Company and to be available for sale to any person at a reasonable charge.

30. Company may not charge tolls greater than those as fixed or varied
The Company shall not charge in respect of a motor vehicle a toll greater than the toll which is appropriate having regard to Schedule 1.

### Tai Lam Tunnel and Yuen Long Approach Road Ordinance 《大欖隧道及元朗引道條例》

31. Tai Lam Tunnel and Yuen Long Approach Road Toll Stability Fund
(1) There is hereby established a fund to be known as the Tai Lam Tunnel and Yuen Long Approach Road Toll Stability Fund.
(2) The Fund shall consist of—
(a) moneys paid into the Fund under section 38;
(b) any other moneys paid by the Company into the Fund under the project agreement; and
(c) interest or other income derived from the moneys of the Fund.
(3) The Committee—
(a) shall—
(i) administer the Fund; and
(ii) apply the moneys of the Fund,
in accordance with this Part and section 43; and
(b) may pay from the moneys of the Fund the cost of administering the Fund.
(4) Where at any time the Financial Secretary is of the opinion that the moneys in the Fund are in excess of the moneys that are required for the purposes of section 43, he may require the Committee to pay an amount, being an amount which he considers to be so in excess and specified by him, into the general revenue.
(5) The Committee shall comply with any requirement made under subsection (4).

32. Tai Lam Tunnel and Yuen Long Approach Road Toll Stability Fund Management Committee
(1) There is hereby established as a body corporate a body to be known as the Tai Lam Tunnel and Yuen Long Approach Road Toll Stability Fund Management Committee, which may in that name sue and be sued.
(2) The Committee shall provide itself with a common seal and the affixing of the seal shall be authenticated by the Chairman or a member referred to in subsection (3)(b) or (c) as may be authorized by the Chairman for the purpose.
(3) The Committee shall consist of—
(a) the Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury who shall be the Chairman of the Committee (in this Part referred to as the Chairman

33. Advisers and consultants
(1) The Committee may engage any such advisers or consultants as it considers necessary or expedient for any purpose connected with or arising from the administration of the Fund.
(2) Any fees due to a person engaged under subsection (1) may be paid out of the Fund.