### Road Traffic (Village Vehicles) Regulations 《道路交通(鄉村車輛)規例》

19. Vehicle examiners
The Commissioner shall appoint persons to be vehicle examiners for the purposes of these regulations.

20. Examination of vehicles
(1) The Commissioner may at any time require the production for examination by a vehicle examiner of all village vehicles, or some or any of them, in such place and at such time as he may specify by notice in writing served personally or by registered post on the owner or each of the owners, as the case may be.
(2) Without prejudice to subregulation (1), a vehicle examiner or a police officer may at any time require the owner or driver of a village vehicle to produce the vehicle for examination by a vehicle examiner at such time and place as he may specify.
(3) The purpose of an examination referred to in subregulations (1) and (2) shall be to ascertain whether a village vehicle complies with these regulations and any conditions of the permit issued in respect of the vehicle.
(4) A vehicle produced at any place pursuant to a requirement under this regulation may be detained for a period not exceeding—
(a) 24 hours in the case of a requirement under subregulation (1); or
(b) 6 hours in the case of a requirement under subregulation (2),
while the vehicle is examined.

21. Powers of a vehicle examiner
In carrying out an examination of a village vehicle for the purposes of these regulations, a vehicle examiner may—
(a) carry out or cause to be carried out such inspection, examination or test of the vehicle, any part of the vehicle, any accessory fixed to the vehicle or any equipment or part of the equipment of the vehicle as he thinks fit;
(b) weigh the vehicle or any load on the vehicle; and
(c) photograph the vehicle.

22. Examination of vehicle on a road and removal to police station
(1) Without prejudice to regulation 20, a police officer may examine a village vehicle which is being used on a road for the purpose of ascertaining whether the vehicle is safe for such use.
(2) Where as the result of an examination under subregulation (1) the police officer has reason to believe that the village vehicle is unsafe for use on a road, he may—
(a) direct the driver of the vehicle to drive it to such police station or other place as he may specify; and
(b) cause the vehicle to be detained at that police station or place for not more than 48 hours while the vehicle is examined by a vehicle examiner.
(3) A person who fails to comply with the directions of a police officer under subregulation (2) commits an offence and is liable to a fine at level 1 and to imprisonment for 3 months. (E.R. 6 of 2022)

### Road Traffic (Village Vehicles) Regulations 《道路交通(鄉村車輛)規例》

23. Copies of permit to be received in evidence
For the purpose of any proceedings under the Ordinance or these regulations, a document purporting to be a copy of a permit and of any conditions specified in the permit certified by or on behalf of the Commissioner to be a true copy shall be received in evidence in those proceedings upon its production without further proof and, until the contrary is proved, it shall be presumed that—
(a) the document—
(i) is a true copy of the permit and of any conditions specified in the permit; and
(ii) was certified by or on behalf of the Commissioner; and
(b) the permit was issued to the person stated therein and is subject to the specified conditions.

24. Exemptions
The Commissioner may, in writing, exempt any person or class of persons, or any village vehicle or type of village vehicle from the application of all or any of these regulations.

25. Forms
The Commissioner may specify any form required for the purposes of these regulations.

### Hire Car Permits (Limitation on Numbers) Notice 《出租汽車許可證(數目限定)公告》

1. Citation
This notice may be cited as the Hire Car Permits (Limitation on Numbers) Notice.

2. Limitation
The total number of hire car permits which may be issued shall be—
(a) for private hire car service, 1 500;
(b) for hotel hire car service, 400; (L.N. 106 of 1982; L.N. 293 of 1989)
(c) for airport hire car service, 60;
(d) for school hire car service, 1 500;
(e) for tour hire car service, 400. (L.N. 291 of 1986; L.N. 455 of 1995; L.N. 276 of 1998)

### Road Traffic (Registration and Licensing of Vehicles) Regulations 《道路交通(車輛登記及領牌)規例》

1. Citation
These regulations may be cited as the Road Traffic (Registration and Licensing of Vehicles) Regulations.

### Road Traffic (Registration and Licensing of Vehicles) Regulations 《道路交通(車輛登記及領牌)規例》

3. Application
These regulations apply to all vehicles used or capable of being used on a road except—
(a) Government vehicles;
(b) vehicles used by the Chinese People’s Liberation Army; and (2 of 2012 s. 3)
(c) any other vehicle or class of vehicle exempted from these regulations by the Commissioner by notice in the Gazette.

4. Register of vehicles
(1) The Commissioner shall maintain a register of vehicles containing the particulars specified in Schedule 1.
(2) The Commissioner shall, on payment of the fee prescribed in Schedule 2, supply to any person making application for any particulars in the register in respect of a vehicle a certificate stating such particulars.
(3) The Commissioner may waive the fee payable in respect of any application under subregulation (2) where he is satisfied—
(a) that the applicant has good reason for requiring the particulars; and
(b) it is in the public interest that the particulars be disclosed.

5. Application for registration
(1) Any person who wishes to have registered within any class specified in Schedule 1 to the Ordinance a motor vehicle of which he is the owner, shall deliver to the Commissioner an application for registration in a form specified by the Commissioner together with such documents as may be specified in the application form relating to the owner and the vehicle required for the purposes of regulation 4 and the Motor Vehicles (First Registration Tax) Ordinance (Cap. 330), and shall pay to the Commissioner the registration fee prescribed in Schedule 2.
(1A) An application under subregulation (1) must state the name, address, e-contact means and identity document number of the owner of the motor vehicle. (20 of 2021 s. 83)
(2) The Commissioner may refuse to accept an application under subregulation (1) from an owner who is not a body corporate or is a natural person under the age of 18 years, and may, where a motor vehicle is registered other than in the name of a body corporate or a natural person of the age of 18 years or above, require the registration of the vehicle to be in the name of a body corporate or a natural person of the age of 18 years or above.
(3) An application under subregulation (1) shall be signed by the owner of the motor vehicle or by some person duly authorized by him in writing, and where the owner is a body corporate the application shall be signed by a person nominated by the body corporate.
(4) For the purposes of an application under subregulation (1), the Commissioner may permit in writing alterations to a motor vehicle whereby it complies with the requirements relating to a class of motor vehicle other than the one within which it is registered.

### Road Traffic (Registration and Licensing of Vehicles) Regulations 《道路交通(車輛登記及領牌)規例》

7. Registration document
(1) A registration document shall be in such form as the Commissioner may determine and shall contain the particulars specified in Schedule 3.
(2) A registration document issued to a registered owner under regulation 6 shall remain the property of the Government and the Commissioner may require a registration document to be returned to him at any time.
(3) A registered owner shall produce the registration document issued to him for inspection upon the request of a police officer or the Commissioner within 72 hours of such request and at the place specified at the time of such request.