Hong Kong Regulations

ROAD TRAFFIC (PUBLIC SERVICE VEHICLES) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 38

Hiring of public service vehicle as a whole

(1) The registered owner of a public bus or public light bus, if permitted to
do so under the terms of a passenger service licence which is in force in
respect of the vehicle, and the registered owner of a taxi, may hire the
vehicle to any person at a rate of hire based on the time during which the
vehicle is hired with or without additional charge in respect of the mileage
travelled by the vehicle while it is so hired, or on such other terms as may
be agreed with the hirer.

(2) A condition of the hiring of a vehicle under subregulation (1) may be that
it shall be driven only by a person in the employ of the registered owner of
the vehicle or that such a person is provided to drive the vehicle.

(3) Before a vehicle is hired under subregulation (1), the registered owner
and hirer shall complete and sign 2 copies of a document which shall contain
the following particulars-

   (a)  the rate or scale of charges applicable to the hiring;

   (b)  details of the third party risks insurance held in respect of the
        vehicle; and

   (c)  the names and addresses of the persons who are permitted to drive the
        vehicle while it is the subject of the hiring and the numbers of their
        driving licences.

(4) The registered owner shall retain one copy of the document and shall
produce it on demand by a police officer made within 3 months after the
commencement of the hiring.

(5) The hirer shall retain one copy of the document and shall produce it on
demand by a police officer made during the continuance of the hiring.