Hong Kong Regulations

TAI LAM TUNNEL AND YUEN LONG APPROACH ROAD BYLAW - SECT 21

Vehicles requiring permits

(1) No person shall drive any of the following vehicles into the toll area
unless he is in possession of a permit issued in writing in respect of that
vehicle by the General 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;

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

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

   (e)  a vehicle the load of which extends backward 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 Schedule 1 to the
        Ordinance;

   (j)  a vehicle of any class the gross vehicle weight of which exceeds the
        permitted maximum gross vehicle weight or if applicable, the permitted
        maximum gross combined weight assigned or determined in respect of
        that vehicle in accordance with the Second Schedule to the
        Road Traffic  (Construction and Maintenance of Vehicles) Regulations (
        Cap 374 sub. leg.).

(2) Any person may apply to the General Manager for a permit referred to in
subsection (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 toll area.

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

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

(5) The General Manager may specify in a permit issued under this section-

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

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

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

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

(1)(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (h), (i) or (j)
..........................................................................
$250; and

   (b)  for a permit in respect of a vehicle or trailer referred to in
        subsection (1)(g) .
        ...........................................................................
        .................................. $750.