Hong Kong Regulations

COUNTRY PARKS AND SPECIAL AREAS REGULATIONS,COUNTRY PARKS AND SPECIAL AREAS REGULATIONS - REGULATION 2

Interpretation

(Past version on 01/07/1997).
(Past version on 30/06/1997).



"arms" (槍械)

"attendant" (管理員)

"authorized officer" (獲授權人員)

"designated barbecue site" (指定燒烤地點) and "designated camping site"
(指定露營地點)

"hunting or trapping appliance" (獵捕或陷阱類器具)

"opening hours" (開放時間)

"plant" (植物)

"road" (道路)

"soil" (土壤)

"specified zone" (指明區域)

"vehicle" (車輛) In these regulations, unless the context otherwise
requires-

"arms" (槍械) includes-

   (a)  any firearm of any description from which any shot, bullet or other
        missile can be discharged;

   (b)  any air gun, air rifle or air pistol from which any shot, bullet or
        other missile can be discharged; and

   (c)  any propelling or releasing instrument or mechanism from or by which
        any shell, cartridge or projectile can be discharged, including a bow
        and arrow or catapult;

"attendant" (管理員) means any person appointed by the Authority as an
attendant under regulation 16A(1); (L.N. 63 of 2005)

"authorized officer" (獲授權人員) means any person appointed by the
Authority as an authorized officer under regulation 16;

"designated barbecue site" (指定燒烤地點) and "designated camping site"
(指定露營地點) means a barbecue site or camping site designated by the
Authority under regulation 14;

"hunting or trapping appliance" (獵捕或陷阱類器具) means any net, gin,
snare, poison or poisoned weapon, bird lime, trap or bright light;

"opening hours" (開放時間), in relation to a specified zone, means the
days on which, and the hours during which, the zone is open to the public as
shown in a notice displayed under regulation 13A(1)(b); (L.N. 63 of 2005)

"plant" (植物) includes-

   (a)  timber, trees and shrubs; and

   (b)  leaves, roots, flowers, fruit, tubers, bulbs, corms, stocks, cuttings,
        layers, slips, suckers, seeds and any part of a plant;

"road" (道路) includes every highway, thoroughfare, street, lane, alley,
court, square, archway, passage, path, way and place to which the public have
access, either continuously or intermittently and either of right or by
licence, whether the same be the property of the Government or otherwise; (29
of 1998 s. 105)

"soil" (土壤) includes earth, sand, clay and peat;

"specified zone" (指明區域) means a country park or special area, or part
of a country park or special area, set out in Schedule 2; (L.N. 63 of 2005)

"vehicle" (車輛) means any vehicle, whether mechanically propelled or
otherwise, intended or adapted for use on roads and includes a rickshaw but
does not include a perambulator or any conveyance for use solely on railways
or tramways.