Hong Kong Regulations

ROAD TRAFFIC (REGISTRATION AND LICENSING OF VEHICLES) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 49

Closed road permits

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

(1) Any person who wishes to drive a motor vehicle, or wishes a motor vehicle
to be driven, on a road closed in accordance with the Road 
Traffic (Traffic Control) Regulations ( Cap 374 sub. leg. G) (hereinafter
in this regulation referred to as "a closed road") may apply to the
Commissioner for a closed road permit and the Commissioner may issue such a
permit subject to such conditions and in respect of such period as the
Commissioner may think fit.

(2) No closed road permit shall be valid for more than 12 months. (L.N. 52 of
2007)

(3) No fee shall be charged for the issue of a closed road permit except where
a person applies to the Commissioner for a closed road permit under
subregulation (1)-

   (a)  in respect of a closed road in Lantau; or

   (b)  if that person wishes to proceed out of Hong Kong on a closed  road.
        (L.N. 96 of 1985)

(4) Where a fee is, under subregulation (3), chargeable for a  closed road
permit it shall be-

   (a)  in the case of an application for a closed road permit valid for 12
        months, the appropriate closed road permit fee prescribed in Schedule
        2; or

   (b)  in the case of an application for a closed road permit valid for less
        than 12 months, a fee equal to one-twelfth of the fee referred to in
        paragraph (a) multiplied by the number of months for which the permit
        is sought, any part of a month counting as one month. (L.N. 96 of
        1985)

(5) Every person to whom a closed road permit is issued, and every person who
drives a motor vehicle to which such permit relates on a closed  road, shall
comply with the conditions, if any, of the permit.