Hong Kong Regulations

ROAD TUNNELS (GOVERNMENT) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 2

Interpretation

(Past version on 27/02/2004).
(Past version on 01/09/1999).
(Past version on 01/04/1999).
(Past version on 30/06/1997).



"autotoll booth" (自動收費亭)

"bicycle" (單車) "bus" (巴士)

"goods vehicle" (貨車)

"gross vehicle weight" (車輛總重)

"permitted gross vehicle weight" (許可車輛總重)

"invalid carriage" (傷殘者車輛)

"light bus" (小型巴士)

"motor tricycle" (機動三輪車)

"private bus" (私家巴士)

"private car" (私家車)

"private light bus" (私家小巴)

"public bus" (公共巴士)

"public light bus" (公共小巴)

"road marking" (道路標記)

"special purpose vehicle" (特別用途車輛)

"taxi" (的士)

"toll booth" (隧道費收費亭)

"traffic sign" (交通標誌)

"trailer" (拖車)

"tricycle" (三輪車)

(1) In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires-

(44 of 1999 s. 32; 49 of 1999 s. 3)

"autotoll booth" (自動收費亭) means a toll booth equipped with an
automatic toll collection facility approved by the Authority under regulation
12A; (L.N. 300 of 1993)

"bicycle" (單車) means a vehicle with 2 wheels designed and constructed to
be propelled by the use of pedals; "bus" (巴士) means a motor vehicle
constructed or adapted for the carriage of more than 16 passengers and their
personal effects; (89 of 1988 s. 6)

"goods vehicle" (貨車) means a motor vehicle, or trailer, which is
constructed or adapted for use primarily for the carriage of goods, but does
not include a motor tricycle or a motor cycle with or without a sidecar
attached thereto;

"gross vehicle weight" (車輛總重), in relation to a vehicle, means the sum
of the weights transmitted to the road surface by all the wheels of the
vehicle and includes, in the case of a trailer, any weight of the trailer
imposed on the drawing vehicle, and the "permitted gross vehicle weight"
(許可車輛總重) of a vehicle means the maximum gross vehicle weight
prescribed for a vehicle of its class; (L.N. 196 of 1984)

"invalid carriage" (傷殘者車輛) means a motor vehicle especially designed
and constructed for the sole use of a person suffering from physical defects
or disabilities;

"light bus" (小型巴士) means a motor vehicle constructed or adapted for
use solely for the carriage of a driver and not more than 16 passengers and
their personal effects, but does not include an invalid carriage, motor cycle,
motor tricycle, private car or taxi; (L.N. 196 of 1984; 89 of 1988 s. 6; 19 of
2004 s. 7)

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

"private bus" (私家巴士) means a bus used or intended for use-

   (a)  otherwise than for hire or reward; or

   (b)  for the carriage of passengers who are exclusively- (L.N. 196 of 1984)

        (i)    the students, teachers and employees of an educational
               institution; or

        (ii)   disabled persons and persons employed to assist them, whether
               or not for hire or reward;

"private car" (私家車) means a motor vehicle constructed or adapted for use
solely for the carriage of a driver and not more than 7 passengers and their
personal effects but does not include an invalid carriage, motor cycle,
motor tricycle or taxi;

"private light bus" (私家小巴) means a light bus used or intended for use-

   (a)  otherwise than for hire or reward; or

   (b)  for the carriage of passengers who are exclusively- (L.N. 196 of 1984)

        (i)    the students, teachers and employees of an educational
               institution; or

        (ii)   disabled persons and persons employed to assist them, whether
               or not for hire or reward;

"public bus" (公共巴士) means a bus, other than a private bus, which is
used or intended for use for hire or reward;

"public light bus" (公共小巴) means a light bus, other than any
private light  bus, which is used or intended for use for hire or reward;

"road marking" (道路標記) means a line, word, mark or device placed on, or
set into, the surface of a road for conveying to persons using the road any
warning, information, requirement, restriction, prohibition or direction;

"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; (L.N. 196 of 1984)

"taxi" (的士) means a motor vehicle registered as a taxi under the Road 
Traffic Ordinance ( Cap 374); (75 of 1982 s. 114)

"toll booth" (隧道費收費亭) means a structure erected at the entrance
to, or exit from, a traffic lane in a tunnel for the purpose of collecting
tolls; (L.N. 300 of 1993)

"traffic sign" (交通標誌) means any sign, object or device for conveying
to persons using a road any warning, information, direction, requirement,
restriction or prohibition;

"trailer" (拖車) means a vehicle which is not mechanically propelled and is
towed or intended for towing by a motor vehicle, including any semi-trailer or
draw bar trailer;

"tricycle" (三輪車) means a vehicle with 3 wheels propelled by the use of
pedals. (L.N. 196 of 1984)

(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the description of a vehicle mentioned in
the table of tolls for the Cross-Harbour Tunnel in the Second Schedule shall
be interpreted in accordance with the definitions and classes of motor
vehicles mentioned in section 2 of the Road Traffic  Ordinance ( Cap 374), in
so far as they are applicable to such description. (44 of 1999 s. 32)

(3) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), a reference to goods vehicles in the Second
Schedule in relation to the Cross-Harbour Tunnel shall be construed to include
a reference to special purpose vehicles of the respective weights as specified
therein. (49 of 1999 s. 3; L.N. 29 of 2004)