Hong Kong Regulations

TAI LAM TUNNEL AND YUEN LONG APPROACH ROAD REGULATION - SECT 5

Toll area control officers' power to stop vehicles

(1) A toll area control officer may-

   (a)  for the purpose of preventing or detecting any contravention of the
        Road Traffic (Expressway) Regulations ( Cap 374 sub. leg. Q) or 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 toll area;

        (iii)  is likely to contravene or has contravened the Road Traffic 
               (Expressway) Regulations ( Cap 374 sub. leg. Q) or any of the
               bylaws made under the Ordinance; or

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

(2).

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), a toll area control 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 toll 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 registered owner of the
               vehicle where that information is within his knowledge.