Hong Kong Regulations

WESTERN HARBOUR CROSSING BYLAW - SECT 22

Vehicles conveying dangerous goods

(1) Subject to this section, the Company may fix the hours during which all or
any of the vehicles to which this section applies may enter the tunnel area.

(2) No person shall drive any vehicle to which this section applies into the
tunnel area except with the permission of the Tunnel Manager, which
permission, if granted, shall be subject to the following conditions-

   (a)  if hours have been fixed under subsection (1) in respect of the class
        of vehicle concerned, the permission shall relate only to those hours;

   (b)  a declaration shall be made in writing to the Tunnel Manager by the
        person in charge of the vehicle, or by the person responsible for the
        conveyance of any goods in or on the vehicle, as to the nature of the
        vehicle and goods; and

   (c)  the Tunnel Manager may provide tunnel officers for the purpose of
        escorting the vehicle through the tunnel area and may take any other
        precautionary measure which he considers expedient in the
        circumstances.

(3) This section applies to-

   (a)  a vehicle conveying any goods specified in Category 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9
        or 10 in the Schedule to the Dangerous Goods (Application and 
        Exemption) Regulations ( Cap 295 sub. leg.); and

   (b)  a vehicle conveying matches in bulk, radioactive substances, or
        biological specimens dangerous to human or animal life.