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[Prepared for convenience by the Office of Legislative Counsel. Note: This Act has not been revised as part of the Revised Statutes 1996. References in this Act to other Acts may be references to earlier Revised Statutes or to Acts not consolidated in a general revision of statutes, depending on when the provision of this Act containing the reference was enacted or amended.]
Assented to April 18, 1951
WHEREAS Sea Bus Lines Ltd. and Victoria Dock Company Limited have presented a petition praying that an Act be passed empowering the Lieutenant-Governor in Council to authorize the Minister of Public Works to enter into a contract with the petitioners, or either of them, or with a company to be designated by them jointly, for the operation of a motor-ferry service to assist in connecting the Town of Powell River with the City of Vancouver by road:
AND WHEREAS it is expedient to grant the prayer of the said petition:
THEREFORE, HIS MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia, enacts as follows:—
1 This Act may be cited as the "Powell River-Vancouver Ferry Connections Act."
1951-101-1.
2 In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires:—
"Contracting Company" means the person or persons with whom the Minister may be authorized to contract as in this Act provided:
"Minister" means the Minister of Highways.
1951-101-2; 1955-109-2.
3 The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may authorize the Minister, on behalf of His Majesty the King in the right of the Province, to enter into a contract with Sea Bus Lines Ltd. and Victoria Dock Company Limited, or either of them, or a company to be designated by them jointly, which contract may provide that the Contracting Company be authorized and required:—
(a) To institute, operate, maintain, and manage a motor-ferry service to assist in connecting the Town of Powell River with the City of Vancouver by road, for the carriage of passengers, automobiles, buses, trucks, trailers, and other vehicles, and to operate between such termini as the Minister may approve:
(b) To construct or otherwise provide all necessary wharves and ferry-slips and approaches thereto.
1951-101-3.
4 The said contract shall also provide:—
(a) That final plans and specifications of wharves and ferry-slips and approaches thereto be approved by the Minister:
(b) That the operation of the said motor-ferry service commence not later than a specified time:
(c) That the Contracting Company shall at all times during the construction of the said wharves and ferry-slips and approaches thereto, and after their completion, permit inspection thereof by the Minister and his engineers:
(d) That the Contracting Company shall furnish such performance bonds and guarantees for the institution, construction, maintenance, and continuous operation of the said motor-ferry service as the Minister may require:
(e) For the fixing and variation from time to time of the tolls, rates, and charges to be levied by the Contracting Company in respect of its motor-ferry service:
(f) For any other matters incidental to the said motor-ferry service.
1951-101-4.
5 Upon the execution of the said contract by the contracting parties, the Contracting Company shall have, for a period of twenty-five years, an exclusive franchise to operate a ferry service between the termini mentioned in the contract and within a neighbouring area or areas to be fixed by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council by Order in Council, subject to cancellation thereof for breach of the contract by the Contracting Company.
1951-101-5.
6 The "Public Utilities Act" shall not apply to the Contracting Company for the duration of the contract in respect of its operations under a contract entered into pursuant to this Act.
1951-101-6.
7 Nothing contained in the "Public Utilities Act" shall empower the Public Utilities Commission for the duration of the contract to exercise any authority in respect of the service, tolls, rates, or charges established pursuant to the contract, or to perform any act which would derogate from or interfere with the exclusive franchise of the Contracting Company.
1951-101-7.
8 (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in any foregoing section, the Lieutenant-Governor in Council may from time to time authorize the Minister, on behalf of Her Majesty the Queen in the right of the Province, to enter from time to time into a supplemental contract or contracts with the Contracting Company to vary the contract authorized by sections 3 and 4 by authorizing a change of ferry termini on either Howe Sound or Jervis Inlet whenever the Minister considers change to be in the public interest.
(2) Every such supplemental contract shall have the same operation as though it had formed part of the contract authorized by sections 3 and 4, and sections 5, 6, and 7 continue in force accordingly.
(3) Nothing herein extends the period of twenty-five years fixed by section 5.
(4) To the extent necessary for carrying out this Act, the Lieutenant-Governor in Council may amend or repeal any previous Order in Council passed under this section or under section 3.
1957-82-2.
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