Hong Kong Regulations

TATE'S CAIRN TUNNEL BY-LAWS - BYLAW 18

Vehicles requiring permits

(1) No person shall drive any of the following vehicles into the tunnel area
unless he is in possession of a permit issued in respect of that vehicle by
the Tunnel Manager and such entry is in accordance with that permit-

   (a)  a vehicle the height of which (including load) exceeds 4.6 metres;

   (b)  a rigid vehicle the length of which exceeds 12 metres; (L.N. 295 of
        1995)

   (c)  an articulated vehicle the length of which exceeds 16 metres;

   (d)  a vehicle, other than a trailer, the load of which extends forwards
        more than 1.5 metres from the foremost part of the vehicle;

   (e)  a vehicle the load of which extends backwards more than 1.4 metres
        behind the rearmost part of the vehicle;

   (f)  a vehicle with a wheel-load exceeding 4.5 tonnes or an axle load
        exceeding 11 tonnes;

   (g)  a vehicle or trailer in respect of which a movement permit is issued
        under regulation 53(1) of the Road Traffic (Registration and 
        Licensing of Vehicles) Regulations ( Cap 374 sub. leg.);

   (h)  a vehicle the overall width of which (including load) exceeds 2.5
        metres;

   (i)  a vehicle for which no toll is specified in the Schedule to the
        Ordinance;

   (j)  a vehicle of any class the gross vehicle weight of which exceeds the
        permitted gross vehicle weight for a vehicle of that class specified
        in the Second Schedule to the Road Traffic (Construction and 
        Maintenance of Vehicles) Regulations ( Cap 374 sub. leg.).

(2) Any person may apply to the Tunnel Manager for a permit referred to in
paragraph (1) giving details of the vehicle or trailer to which the
application relates and its load, if any, and the time, date and direction of
its proposed passage through the tunnel.

(3) Where an application for a permit is made under paragraph (2) in respect
of a vehicle or trailer referred to in paragraph (1)(g) such application
shall, if so required by the Tunnel Manager, be accompanied by such civil
engineering advice or other information relating to the vehicle or trailer as
may be specified by the Tunnel Manager.

(4) An application for a permit under paragraph (2) shall be made at least 48
hours before the proposed passage of the vehicle or trailer through the
tunnel, except where the Tunnel Manager waives this requirement.

(5) The Tunnel Manager may specify in a permit issued under this by-law-

   (a)  the date and time for the passage of the vehicle or trailer through
        the tunnel; and

   (b)  such other conditions as the Tunnel Manager thinks fit.

(6) The following fee shall be payable to the Company for the issue of a
permit under this by-law-

   (a)  for a permit in respect of a vehicle referred to in paragraph

(1)(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (h), (i) or (j) ...... $100; and

   (b)  for a permit in respect of a vehicle or trailer referred to in
        paragraph (1)(g) ..... $500. (Enacted 1991)