Hong Kong Regulations

COUNTRY PARKS AND SPECIAL AREAS REGULATIONS,COUNTRY PARKS AND SPECIAL AREAS REGULATIONS - REGULATION 4

Prohibition on bringing vehicles into country parks and special areas

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

(1) Subject to subregulation (2), no person shall, except with the consent of
the Authority, bring into a country park or special area any vehicle or
bicycle, or drive, use or be in possession of any vehicle or bicycle within a
country park or special area.

(2) Subregulation (1) shall not apply-

   (a)  to any person driving, using or in possession of a vehicle or bicycle
        on any road designated by the Authority for such purposes and so
        marked by him or in any car park so designated; or

   (b)  to any person riding a bicycle within a country park or special area
        if he is ordinarily resident within the park or special area.

(3) Any person who parks a vehicle in a car park designated by the Authority
shall pay such fee as is prescribed in Schedule 1. (L.N. 63 of 2005)

(4) No person shall, without the consent of the Authority, drive a vehicle
into, or leave a vehicle parked in, a car park designated by the Authority if
the Authority-

   (a)  has closed the car park to the public; and

   (b)  has displayed, in a prominent position in or at the entrance to the
        car park, a notice in English and in Chinese of the closure. (L.N. 63
        of 2005)