2. Interpretation
(1) In this Ordinance, unless the context requires otherwise—
“appointed day” (指定日期) means the day designated as the appointed day under section 3;
“Commissioner” (署長) means the Commissioner for Transport;
“Corporation” (地鐵公司) means the MTR Corporation Limited;
“extension” (延長部分) means, in relation to the railway, an extension provided for in a scheme authorized under the Railways Ordinance (Cap. 519);
“franchise” (專營權) means the franchise granted under section 4;
“franchise period” (專營期) means the period for which the franchise is granted under section 4, as extended under this Ordinance;
“inspector” (視察主任) means a person appointed as an inspector under section 26;
“Mass Transit Railway” (地下鐵路) means the railway system known as the Mass Transit Railway and indicated on plans endorsed by the Secretary and deposited by the Corporation with the Land Registry from time to time, or any part of that system;
“Mass Transit Railway Corporation” (地下鐵路公司) means the entity of that name established by section 3(1) of the repealed Ordinance;
“MTR Corporation Limited” (地鐵有限公司) means the entity of that name incorporated under the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 32);
“MTRC” means the Mass Transit Railway Corporation;
“operating agreement” (營運協議) means any agreement entered into between the Corporation and the Secretary acting on behalf of the Government which is declared by its terms to be an operating agreement for the purposes of this Ordinance or to be an agreement amending or supplementing such an agreement, as having effect from time to time;
“railway” (鐵路) means the Mass Transit Railway;
“railway premises” (鐵路處所) means—
- (a) any area, space or building occupied by the Corporation which is designed, equipped or set apart for the carriage of passengers by train or for affording facilities incidental to the carriage of passengers by train; and
- (b) any train on premises specified in paragraph (a);
“repealed Ordinance” (已廢除條例) means the Mass Transit Railway Corporation Ordinance (Cap. 270);
“Secretary” (局長) means the Secretary for Transport;
