Hong Kong Regulations

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL (VEHICLE DESIGN STANDARDS) (EMISSION) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 2

Interpretation

(Past version on 01/07/1999).
(Past version on 01/04/1998).
(Past version on 30/06/1997).

In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires-

"compression-ignition engine" (壓燃式引擎) means an engine in which the
fuel is injected into the cylinders or combustion space of the engine and is
there ignited during normal running solely by the heat of compression of the
cylinder charge;

"Council" (議會) means the Council of the European Communities (now known as
the Council of the European Union); (L.N. 37 of 1995)

"design weight" (設計重量) means, in relation to a particular
motor vehicle, the maximum design loaded vehicle weight recommended by its
manufacturer for motor vehicles of the same class or description as the
particular vehicle; (L.N. 37 of 1995)

"emission" (排放) means emission of any air pollutant;

"engine of direct-injection type" (直接噴射式引擎) means a
compression-ignition  engine in which the fuel is injected directly into the
combustion space above the piston crown; (L.N. 96 of 1998)

"evaporative emission" (蒸發排放物) means hydrocarbons emitted by
evaporation from the fuel system of a motor vehicle which is equipped with a
positive-ignition engine; (L.N. 121 of 1999)

"liquefied petroleum gas" (石油氣) has the same meaning as in section 2 of
the Gas Safety Ordinance ( Cap 51); (L.N. 101 of 2001)

"motor cycle" (電單車) means a two-wheeled motor vehicle with or without a
sidecar;

"motor tricycle" (機動三輪車) means a three-wheeled motor vehicle other
than-

   (a)  a motor cycle with a sidecar; and

   (b)  a village vehicle;

"motor vehicle" (汽車) means any mechanically propelled vehicle;

"positive-ignition engine" (強制點火式引擎) means an engine operating
on the Otto cycle in which a mixture of fuel and air is drawn into cylinders
and ignited after compression by means of an electric spark applied at a known
and pre-determined moment of the cycle;

"registered" (登記) means first registered under the Road Traffic 
(Registration and Licensing of Vehicles) Regulations ( Cap 374 sub. leg. E);
(L.N. 37 of 1995)

"special purpose vehicle" (特別用途車輛) means a motor vehicle designed,
constructed or adapted primarily for a use other than the carriage on a road
of goods, the driver or passengers.

"unleaded petrol" (無鉛汽油) has the same meaning as in section 2 of the
Air  Pollution Control (Motor Vehicle Fuel) Regulation ( Cap 311 sub. leg. L);

(19 of 1994 s. 13)

"vehicle" (車輛) means any vehicle whether or not mechanically propelled
which is constructed or adapted for use on roads but does not include a
vehicle of the North-west Railway as defined in section 2(1) of the
Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation Ordinance ( Cap 372) or a tram. (Enacted
1991)

"compression-ignition engine" (壓燃式引擎)

"Council" (議會)

"design weight" (設計重量)

"emission" (排放)

"engine of direct-injection type" (直接噴射式引擎)

"evaporative emission" (蒸發排放物)

"liquefied petroleum gas" (石油氣)

"motor cycle" (電單車)

"motor tricycle" (機動三輪車)

"motor vehicle" (汽車)

"positive-ignition engine" (強制點火式引擎)

"registered" (登記)

"special purpose vehicle" (特別用途車輛)

"unleaded petrol" (無鉛汽油)

"vehicle" (車輛)