Hong Kong Regulations

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL (VEHICLE DESIGN STANDARDS) (EMISSION) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 7C

Vehicle design standards for certain motor vehicles registered on or after 1 October 2006

(1) Subject to regulation 9—

   (a)  every goods vehicle, light bus or bus which—

        (i)    is equipped with a positive-ignition engine;

        (ii)   is constructed to operate on unleaded petrol only;

        (iii)  has a design weight of more than 3.5 tonnes; and

        (iv)   is registered on or after 1 October 2006, shall be so
               constructed that the emission from that goods vehicle, light 
               bus or bus conforms to the standards specified in paragraph (b)
               or (c) of Schedule 13;

   (b)  every goods vehicle, light bus or bus which—

        (i)    is equipped with a compression-ignition engine;

        (ii)   has a design weight of more than 3.5 tonnes; and

        (iii)  is registered on or after 1 October 2006, shall be so
               constructed that the emission from that goods vehicle, light 
               bus or bus conforms to the standards specified in paragraph
               (a), (b) or

   (c)  of Schedule 13;

   (c)  every light bus which—

        (i)    is equipped with a positive-ignition engine;

        (ii)   is constructed to operate on liquefied petroleum gas only;

        (iii)  has a design weight of more than 3.5 tonnes; and

        (iv)   is registered on or after 1 October 2006, shall be so
               constructed that the emission from that light bus conforms to
               the standards specified in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of
               Schedule 13.

(2) In this regulation, “goods vehicle” (貨車), “light bus”
(小型巴士) and “bus” (巴士) shall have the meanings assigned to
them, respectively, in section 2 of the Road Traffic Ordinance ( Cap 374).
(L.N. 111 of 2006) “goods vehicle” (貨車), “light bus”
(小型巴士) and “bus” (巴士)