Hong Kong Regulations

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL (VEHICLE DESIGN STANDARDS) (EMISSION) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 10

Requirements as to engine and fuel

(Past version on 01/08/2001).
(Past version on 30/06/1997).

PART IV

MISCELLANEOUS

(1) Every motor vehicle (other than a taxi and a light bus) that is registered
on or after 1 January 1992 and is equipped with a positive-ignition engine
shall be constructed- (L.N. 124 of 2003)

   (a)  to operate on unleaded petrol only; and

   (b)  in such a way that a petrol pump dispensing nozzle spout with an
        outside diameter of 23.6 millimetres cannot be inserted into its
        filling pipe.

(2) Every taxi or light bus that is equipped with a positive-ignition engine
and registered respectively between 1 January 1992 and 31 July 2001 (both
dates inclusive) or 1 January 1992 and 31 July 2003 (both dates inclusive)
shall be constructed- (L.N. 124 of 2003)

   (a)  to operate on unleaded petrol only; and

   (b)  in such a way that a petrol pump dispensing nozzle spout with an
        outside diameter of 23.6 millimetres cannot be inserted into its
        filling pipe.

(3) Every taxi registered on or after 1 August 2001 shall be equipped with a
positive-ignition engine and shall be constructed-

   (a)  (i) to operate on unleaded petrol only; and

        (ii)   in such a way that a petrol pump dispensing nozzle spout with
               an outside diameter of 23.6 millimetres cannot be inserted into
               its filling pipe; or

   (b)  to operate on liquefied petroleum gas only.

(3A) Every light bus that is registered on or after 1 August 2003 and is
equipped with a positive-ignition engine shall be constructed-

   (a)  (i) to operate on unleaded petrol only; and

        (ii)   in such a way that a petrol pump dispensing nozzle spout with
               an outside diameter of 23.6 millimetres cannot be inserted into
               its filling pipe; or

   (b)  to operate on liquefied petroleum gas only. (L.N. 124 of 2003)

(4) This regulation shall not apply to motor cycles and motor  tricycles.
(L.N. 101 of 2001)