### Road Traffic (Safety Equipment) Regulations 《道路交通(安全裝備)規例》

3. Drivers and passengers of motor cycles required to wear protective helmets
(1) Subject to regulation 10, no person shall drive a motor cycle, or ride as a passenger on a motor cycle (other than as a passenger seated in a side car attached thereto), unless he is wearing an approved protective helmet which is securely fastened to his head.
(2) No person shall drive a motor cycle when there is a passenger (other than a passenger seated in a side car attached thereto) riding on it who is not wearing an approved protective helmet securely fastened to his head, unless such passenger has been exempted from compliance with subregulation (1) under regulation 10.

4. Offence of selling or hiring out protective helmets other than approved protective helmets
No person shall—
(a) sell or expose for sale;
(b) hire out or expose for hiring out; or
(c) have in his possession for the purpose of selling or hiring out,
any protective helmet other than an approved protective helmet.

5. Seizure, removal and forfeiture of protective helmets other than approved protective helmets
(Adaptation amendments retroactively made - see 3 of 2002 s. 15)
(1) A police officer of or above the rank of inspector may, if he has reasonable grounds for believing that any person has in his possession at any premises or place any protective helmet which is not an approved protective helmet for the purpose of selling it or hiring it out, enter such premises or place without a warrant and may seize and remove any such protective helmet:
Provided that no police officer shall enter any domestic premises or dwelling place for this purpose unless he has first obtained a warrant signed by a magistrate to enter the domestic premises or dwelling place.
(2) If any person is convicted of an offence for the contravention of regulation 4 the court may order that any protective helmet (other than an approved protective helmet) which he has been found to have in his possession for the purpose of selling it or hiring it out shall be forfeited to the Government and shall be disposed of in such manner as the court thinks fit. (3 of 2002 s. 15)

### Road Traffic (Safety Equipment) Regulations 《道路交通(安全裝備)規例》

6. Seat belts and anchorage points
(1) Every vehicle to which this regulation applies shall be provided with approved anchorage points designed to hold body restraining seat belts securely in position on the vehicle for—
(a) the driver’s seat; and
(b) the specified passenger’s seat:
Provided that this subregulation shall not apply so as to require anchorage points to be provided for any seat which is a seat with integral seat belt anchorages.
(2) Every vehicle to which this regulation applies shall be provided with an approved seat belt, which shall be a body restraining seat belt, for—
(a) the driver’s seat; and
(b) the specified passenger’s seat.
(3) Every seat belt provided in pursuance of this regulation shall, if the seat for which it is provided is a seat with integral seat belt anchorages, be properly secured to the integral seat belt anchorage points forming part thereof, or if the seat for which it is provided is not such a seat, be properly secured to the structure of the vehicle by the anchorage points provided for it and to any other anchorage points provided on the seat for it.
(4) Subject to subregulation (5), this regulation shall apply—
(a) to every private car registered on or after 1 August 1976;
(b) to every taxi registered on or after 1 January 1984;
(c) with effect from 1 January 1986, to every taxi registered on or after 1 January 1981 and before 1 January 1984;
(d) to every light bus; and
(e) to every goods vehicle registered on or after 1 January 1990. (L.N. 37 of 1989; L.N. 288 of 1995)
(5) This regulation shall not apply to—
(a) a private car manufactured before 30 June 1964;
(b) a taxi manufactured before 1 January 1981;
(c) a light bus manufactured before 1 January 1984;
(ca) a goods vehicle manufactured before 1 January 1989; (L.N. 37 of 1989)
(d) a private car, taxi, goods vehicle or light bus while it is being used under a trade licence issued or deemed to be issued under the Road Traffic (Registration and Licensing of Vehicles) Regulations (Cap. 374 sub. leg. E); or
(e) a private car, taxi, goods vehicle or light bus fitted with an alternative passive restraint system, designed to prevent or lessen injury to the driver and front seat passenger of the vehicle, approved in writing by the Commissioner. (L.N. 37 of 1989)

### Road Traffic (Safety Equipment) Regulations 《道路交通(安全裝備)規例》

6A. Middle front seat belts and anchorage points
(1) Every vehicle to which this regulation applies shall be provided with approved anchorage points designed to hold securely in position on the vehicle either a body restraining seat belt or a lap belt for the middle front seat:
Provided that this subregulation shall not apply so as to require anchorage points to be provided for any seat which is a seat with integral seat belt anchorages.
(2) Every vehicle to which this regulation applies shall be provided with an approved seat belt for the middle front seat which shall be either a body restraining seat belt or a lap belt.
(3) Every seat belt provided in pursuance of this regulation shall, if the seat for which it is provided is a seat with integral seat belt anchorages, be properly secured to the integral seat belt anchorage points forming part thereof, or if the seat for which it is provided is not such a seat, be properly secured to the structure of the vehicle by the anchorage points provided for it and to any other anchorage points provided on the seat for it.
(4) This regulation shall apply to every private car, taxi, goods vehicle and light bus registered on or after 1 June 1996.
(L.N. 288 of 1995)

6B. Rear seat belts and anchorage points
(1) Every vehicle to which this regulation applies shall be provided with approved anchorage points designed to hold securely in position—
(a) body restraining seat belts in the case of outward rear seats; and
(b) body restraining seat belts or lap belts in the case of middle rear seats:
Provided that this subregulation shall not apply so as to require anchorage points to be provided for any seat with integral seat belt anchorages.
(2) Every vehicle to which this regulation applies shall be provided with an approved seat belt for each rear seat, such belt to be—
(a) in the case of an outward rear seat, a body restraining seat belt; and
(b) in the case of any middle rear seat, a body restraining seat belt or a lap belt.
(3) Every seat belt provided in pursuance of this regulation shall, if the seat for which it is provided is a seat with integral seat belt anchorages, be properly secured to the integral seat belt anchorage points forming part thereof, or if the seat for which it is provided is not such a seat, be properly secured to the structure of the vehicle by the anchorage points provided for it and to any other anchorage points provided on the seat for it.
(4) This regulation shall apply to every private car registered on or after 1 June 1996 and every taxi registered on or after 1 January 2001. (L.N. 162 of 2000)
(L.N. 288 of 1995)