Hong Kong Regulations

WESTERN HARBOUR CROSSING REGULATION - SECT 5

Tunnel officers' power to stop vehicles

(1) A tunnel officer may-

   (a)  for the purpose of preventing or detecting any contravention of bylaws
        made under the Ordinance; or

   (b)  if he has reasonable grounds for believing that the driver of a
        vehicle-

        (i)    has not paid tolls or fees specified in the Ordinance;

        (ii)   is interrupting or likely to interrupt vehicular or pedestrian
               traffic in the tunnel area;

        (iii)  is likely to contravene or has contravened any of those bylaws;
               or

        (iv)   has been involved in an accident in the tunnel area, exercise,
               within the tunnel area, any of the powers specified in
               subsection (2).

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), a tunnel officer may-

   (a)  order or signal the driver of a vehicle-

        (i)    to stop the vehicle immediately; or

        (ii)   to proceed to a designated place in the tunnel area and to stop
               there;

   (b)  require the driver of a vehicle-

        (i)    to produce his driving licence;

        (ii)   to give his address;

        (iii)  to give the name and address of the owner of the vehicle where
               that information is within his knowledge. (Enacted 1997)