Hong Kong Regulations

ROAD TRAFFIC (CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF VEHICLES) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 51

Signs on school private light buses

(Past version on 04/09/1998).
(Past version on 30/06/1997).

(1) A school private light bus providing a service for hire or reward-

   (a)  shall bear on the outside of the vehicle on the sides, front and back
        a continuous horizontal purple stripe of a uniform width of not less
        than 200 millimetres;

   (b)  shall bear on both the near and off sides, against the background of
        that purple stripe and in white colour, in block letters and Chinese
        characters of uniform size not less than 150 millimetres in
height, the words "School Private Light Bus" and the characters
"學校私家小巴";

   (c)  shall bear on the back, against the background of that purple stripe,
        a sign of the colour, design and dimensions set out in the diagram in
        the Thirteenth Schedule;

   (d)  may bear the name or names in English and Chinese writing, on the
        outside of the vehicle on both the near and off sides, of the
        educational institution or institutions to or from which the
        passengers of the school private light bus are being carried; and
        (L.N. 96 of 1997)

   (e)  subject to subparagraphs (a) to (d), shall be painted in yellow on the
        outside of the vehicle. (L.N. 96 of 1997)

(2) For the purposes of-

   (a)  paragraph (1)(a), (b) and (c), the colour purple shall be of British
        Standard Colour 24E56 @BS 5252: 1976 or Australian Standard Colour
        AS2700-1985:P13; and

   (b)  paragraph (1)(e), the colour yellow shall be of British Standard
        Colour 08E53 @BS 5252: 1976 or Australian Standard Colour
        AS2700-1985:Y15. (L.N. 96 of 1997)

(3) A school private light bus registered before 1 May 1997 shall be deemed to
comply with this regulation if it complies with this regulation as in force
immediately before that date. (L.N. 306 of 1998) (L.N. 225 of 1987; 50 of 1999
s. 12)