Hong Kong Regulations

ROAD TRAFFIC (SAFETY EQUIPMENT) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 7

Drivers and passengers of private cars required to wear seat belts

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

(1) Subject to regulations 8 and 10, no person shall-

   (a)  drive; or

   (b)  ride as a passenger in the specified passenger's seat of, a private
        car on any road unless he is securely fastened to his seat by means of
        a seat belt, if any, provided for his seat.

(2) Subject to regulation 10, no person shall ride as a passenger in a private
car on any road in a middle front seat-

   (a)  subject to paragraph (b), unless he is securely fastened to his seat
        by means of a seat belt, if any, provided for his seat;

   (b)  when the specified passenger's seat is provided with a seat  belt and
        is not occupied by another person, unless he is securely fastened to
        his seat by means of a seat belt provided for his seat.

(3) Subject to regulation 8, no person shall drive a private car on any road-

   (a)  when there is in the specified passenger's seat or a middle 
        front seat of the car-

        (i)    a passenger of 2 years of age or less who is not securely
               fastened to his seat by means of- (A) if regulation 6 or 6A, as
               the case requires, applies to the car, an approved restraining
               device for a young person; (B) if regulation 6 or 6A, as the
               case requires, does not apply to the car but a seat belt is
               provided for his seat, an approved restraining device for a
               young person;

        (ii)   a passenger over 2 years of age who is not securely fastened to
               his seat by means of a seat belt, if any, provided for his
               seat; or

   (b)  when there is a passenger in a middle front seat and the specified
        passenger's seat is provided with a seat belt and is not occupied by
        another person, unless he is securely fastened to his seat by means of
        a seat belt provided for his seat, unless the passenger has been
        exempted under regulation 10 from compliance with subregulation (1) or
        (2). (L.N. 162 of 2000)