Hong Kong Regulations

ROAD TRAFFIC (PUBLIC SERVICE VEHICLES) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 12

Passenger service licence certificates and plates

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

(1) The Commissioner shall, on application by a licensee and on payment of the
appropriate fee specified in Part B of Schedule 1, issue in respect of each
vehicle operated under a passenger service licence a certificate in a form
specified by the Commissioner. (L.N. 185 of 1988)

(2) A certificate issued under subregulation (1) shall be valid for a period
of 12 months or until the expiry of the passenger service licence to which the
certificate relates, whichever is the sooner, and shall not be transferable to
another vehicle. (L.N. 51 of 2007)

(3) Every vehicle operated under a passenger service licence shall display-

   (a)  the certificate issued under subregulation (1) on the left hand half
        of the vehicle's windscreen in a manner as to be visible from the
        front of the vehicle; and (L.N. 185 of 1988)

   (b)  at the rear of the vehicle, a plate showing the passenger service
        licence number in accordance with Figure No. 2 of Schedule 2.

(4) No person shall drive or use a vehicle operated under a passenger service
licence or suffer or permit such a vehicle to be driven or used, if such
vehicle-

   (a)  does not display the certificate and the plate referred to in
        subregulation (3);

   (b)  displays any such certificate or plate other than in the manner
        prescribed by subregulation (3);

   (c)  displays any certificate or plate, purporting to be a certificate or
        plate referred to in subregulation (3), that-

        (i)    is damaged, altered or defaced;

        (ii)   does not relate to a passenger service licence currently in
               force in respect of the vehicle; or

        (iii)  does not relate to the vehicle; or

   (d)  displays a certificate referred to in subregulation (3) that is
        invalid.

(5) Where a certificate issued under subregulation (1) is lost, defaced or
destroyed, the Commissioner may, on payment of the appropriate fee specified
in Part B of Schedule 1, issue a duplicate certificate, and such certificate
when issued shall be deemed to be a certificate issued under subregulation (1)
and shall have the same force and effect as the original certificate.

(6) No fee payable under this regulation shall be refunded.
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Note: The fees payable in accordance with this regulation in respect of
certain passenger service licence certificates that take effect within the
period from 1 June 2003 to 31 May 2004 are waived (please see the Road Traffic
(Waiver of Passenger Service Licence Fees) Regulation 2003 (L.N. 142 of
2003)).