### Road Traffic (Traffic Control) Regulations 《道路交通(交通管制)規例》

3. Power to erect traffic signs
(1) The Commissioner may cause or, by permit in writing (which permit shall be subject to such conditions as the Commissioner thinks fit and are specified therein), permit to be erected or placed on or near any road a traffic sign, and in the case of a prescribed traffic sign the meaning of that sign shall be in accordance with its content and the note relating to the Figure of that sign in Schedule 1, 3 or 4. (L.N. 22 of 1989)
(2) The Commissioner may by the erection or placing of an appropriate sign revoke, amend or temporarily suspend the operation of any traffic sign erected or placed under subregulation (1).
(3) The Commissioner of Police may by the erection or placing of an appropriate sign amend or suspend the operation of any traffic sign erected or placed under subregulation (1) for a period not exceeding 72 hours.

3A. Special provisions for certain traffic signs on private roads
(1) The Commissioner may, by notice in the Gazette, declare that such traffic signs as are specified in that notice may be erected or placed on or near any private road, by or with the permission in writing of the owner of that road, subject to such conditions as are specified in that notice. (L.N. 95 of 1993)
(2) Where a traffic sign specified in a notice under subregulation (1) is erected or placed on or near a private road in accordance with that notice then, for all purposes, such traffic sign shall be deemed to have been so erected or placed in accordance with a permit issued under regulation 3(1).
(3) Without limiting the generality of conditions which may be specified in a notice under subregulation (1), such conditions may incorporate, or make reference to, any code of practice, or part thereof, prescribed under section 109(4A) of the Ordinance.
(L.N. 22 of 1989)

4. Variation to and illumination of traffic signs
(1) The Commissioner or the Commissioner of Police may vary any figures or the direction of any arrow on any traffic sign erected or placed under regulation 3 to adapt the sign to the particular circumstances of a place.
(2) A traffic sign may, subject to subregulation (3), be of such material as will cause it to reflect light or be illuminated.
(3) No reflecting material shall be applied to any black part of a traffic sign.

### Road Traffic (Traffic Control) Regulations 《道路交通(交通管制)規例》

5. Power to place temporary traffic signs
(1) The Commissioner of Police may cause to be erected or placed on or near any road a temporary traffic sign for a period not exceeding 72 hours.
(2) Temporary traffic signs erected or placed under subregulation (1)—
(a) for indicating to traffic—
(i) information on diversions from, or alternative, traffic routes;
(ii) information on routes which may conveniently be followed on the occasion of a sports meeting, exhibition or other public gathering; or
(iii) warning of an obstruction or of a hazard;
(b) for indicating to vehicular traffic any prohibition, restriction or requirement of a temporary nature; or
(c) pending the erection of any permanent traffic sign, for indicating to traffic the purpose which such a permanent sign will indicate,
may be of such size, colour and type as the Commissioner of Police considers appropriate.

6. Cones and cylinders
(1) A device constructed of rubber or flexible plastic material being of a conical shape and constructed to the dimensions shown in Figure No. 146 in Schedule 1 may be placed under these regulations temporarily on a road for indicating to drivers of vehicles the requirement that they shall follow a certain route or shall avoid a part of the carriageway.
(2) A device constructed of rubber or flexible plastic material being of a cylindrical shape and constructed to the dimensions shown in Figure No. 147 in Schedule 1 may be placed under these regulations on a road to indicate to drivers of vehicles a temporary division of the carriageway, made so as to separate traffic moving in one direction from traffic moving in the opposite direction, or for indicating a part of a dual-carriageway road where vehicles are prohibited from proceeding from one carriageway to another.

7. Beacons
(1) A beacon showing an intermittent amber light on or near a road for conveying the warning that drivers of vehicles, vehicles of the North-west Railway, and trams should take special care may be used under these regulations either separately or in combination with any other traffic sign. (L.N. 242 of 1987)
(2) A beacon showing an intermittent blue light may be used on or near a road either separately or in combination with any other traffic sign by the Commissioner of Police for conveying the same warning as in subregulation (1).

### Road Traffic (Traffic Control) Regulations 《道路交通(交通管制)規例》

8. Power to place road markings
(1) The Commissioner may cause or, by permit in writing (which permit shall be subject to such conditions as the Commissioner thinks fit and are specified therein), permit to be placed on or near any road a road marking, and in the case of a prescribed road marking the meaning of any such road marking shall be in accordance with its content and the note relating to the Figure for that marking in Schedule 2. (L.N. 22 of 1989)
(2) A prescribed road marking shall be coloured white or such other colour as may be described in Schedule 2 and may be painted on a road or, if made of any suitable material, embedded in a road or fixed to the surface of a road.
(3) The Commissioner may vary any lines or the direction of any arrow of a prescribed road marking placed under this regulation to adapt the marking to the particular circumstances of a place.
(4) A road marking may be illuminated by the incorporation of a material capable in the hours of darkness of reflecting light.

8A. Special provisions for certain road markings on private roads
(1) The Commissioner may, by notice in the Gazette, declare that such road markings as are specified in that notice may be placed on or near any private road, by or with the permission in writing of the owner of that road, subject to such conditions as are specified in that notice.
(2) Where a road marking specified in a notice under subregulation (1) is placed on or near a private road in accordance with that notice then, for all purposes, such road marking shall be deemed to have been so placed in accordance with a permit issued under regulation 8(1).
(3) Without limiting the generality of conditions which may be specified in a notice under subregulation (1), such conditions may incorporate, or make reference to, any code of practice, or part thereof, prescribed under section 109(4A) of the Ordinance.
(L.N. 22 of 1989)

9. Size of traffic signs and road markings
Traffic signs erected or placed under regulation 3 and road markings placed under regulation 8, other than prescribed traffic signs or prescribed road markings, may be of such size, colour and type as the Commissioner considers appropriate.