Hong Kong Regulations

COUNTRY PARKS AND SPECIAL AREAS REGULATIONS - REGULATION 13A

Control of entry into specified zones

(1) The Authority shall—

   (a)  determine the days on which, and the hours during which, a
        specified zone is open to the public; and

   (b)  display, in a prominent position in or at the entrance to the zone, a
        notice in English and in Chinese showing the days and hours so
        determined.

(2) The Authority—

   (a)  may, notwithstanding subregulation (1), close a specified zone, or any
        part of a specified zone, to the public for such purposes and reason
        as he thinks fit; and

   (b)  shall, on exercising the power under paragraph (a), display, in a
        prominent position in or at the entrance to the zone, a notice in
        English and in Chinese of the closure.

(3) The Authority—

   (a)  may designate and set aside any area within a specified zone as a
        reception area; and

   (b)  shall, on exercising the power under paragraph (a), display, in a
        prominent position in or at the entrance to the zone, a notice in
        English and in Chinese showing the area so designated.

(4) Subject to subregulation (6), no person shall, except in accordance with a
permit in writing granted by the Authority—

   (a)  enter a specified zone outside the opening hours of the zone;

   (b)  remain in a specified zone outside the opening hours of the zone after
        being requested to leave by the Authority, an authorized  officer or
        an attendant;

   (c)  enter a specified zone, or any part of a specified zone, that has been
        closed in accordance with subregulation (2); or

   (d)  remain in a specified zone, or any part of a specified zone, that has
        been closed in accordance with subregulation (2) after being requested
        to leave by the Authority, an authorized officer or an attendant.

(5) Subject to subregulations (6) and (7), no person shall enter a
specified zone unless—

   (a)  the person has, before entering the zone, paid—

        (i)    the admission fee for the entry by that person, set out in
               Schedule 3; or

        (ii)   if that admission fee has been reduced under regulation 18A,
               the admission fee as reduced; or

   (b)  as a result of a waiver under regulation 18A, the person may enter the
        zone without paying the admission fee.

(6) Subregulations (4) and (5) do not apply to any person who is authorized by
the Authority to—

   (a)  assist in the management of the specified zone, or any part of the
        zone; or

   (b)  carry out any construction, operation or maintenance works, or
        research, within the specified zone, or any part of the zone.

(7) Subregulation (5) does not apply in relation to a reception area of the
specified zone as shown in a notice displayed under subregulation (3)(b).
(L.N. 63 of 2005)