Hong Kong Regulations

ROAD TRAFFIC (REGISTRATION AND LICENSING OF VEHICLES) REGULATIONS,ROAD TRAFFIC (REGISTRATION AND LICENSING OF VEHICLES) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 6

Registration

(Past version on 30/06/1997).



"the revoked regulations" (已撤銷的規例)

(1) On registering a motor vehicle, the Commissioner shall- (L.N. 240 of 1985)

   (a)  assign to the vehicle- (25 of 2005 s. 5)

        (i)    a registration mark which shall consist of one or 2 letters,
               subject to regulation 11, as its prefix, followed by a number
               of not more than 4 digits (not being a number listed in
               Schedule 5);

        (ii)   a registration mark allocated under regulation 13 or 14;

        (iii)  a special registration mark allocated under regulation 9;

        (iv)   a personalized registration mark; or

        (v)    a registration mark reserved under regulation 11 (where
               appropriate); (25 of 2005 s. 5)

   (b)  register the person by whom or on whose behalf the application for
        registration is made as owner of the vehicle; and

   (c)  issue to that person a registration document in respect of the
        vehicle, marked with the registration mark assigned to the vehicle.

(2) On registering a goods vehicle (other than a trailer) or special purpose
vehicle, the Commissioner shall assign to the vehicle a permitted gross
vehicle weight which shall be such weight as he shall determine after
considering-

   (a)  the particulars contained in the application for registration
        submitted in respect of the vehicle;

   (b)  any information available from the manufacturer of the vehicle; and

   (c)  any regulations made under the Ordinance. (L.N. 240 of 1985)

(3) The assignment by the Commissioner of a permitted gross vehicle weight to
any goods vehicle (other than a trailer) or special purpose vehicle on
registration of the vehicle on or after 25 August 1984, and prior to the
commencement of the Road Traffic (Registration and Licensing of Vehicles)
(Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1985 (L.N. 240 of 1985), is hereby declared to
be valid and shall be deemed to have been validly assigned under subregulation
(2). (L.N. 240 of 1985)

(4) The Commissioner shall assign a permitted gross vehicle weight to a goods
vehicle (other than a trailer) or special purpose vehicle registered prior to
25 August 1984 on the licensing of such vehicle after the commencement of the
Road Traffic (Registration and Licensing of Vehicles) (Amendment) (No. 2)
Regulations 1985 (L.N. 240 of 1985), and such permitted gross vehicle weight
shall be a conversion of the maximum laden weight which was assigned to such
vehicle on registration under the  revoked regulations. (L.N. 240 of 1985)

(5) For the purposes of subregulation (4)-

        (a)	"the revoked regulations" (已撤銷的規例) means the Road Traffic 
(Registration and Licensing of Vehicles) Regulations ( Cap 220 sub. leg.)
revoked by regulation 61 of these regulations; and

   (b)  where the maximum laden weight assigned to a vehicle is expressed in
        hundredweight, such weight shall be converted to tonnes on the basis
        that 1 cwt. is equivalent to 0.0508 tonne. (L.N. 240 of 1985)