### Road Traffic Ordinance 《道路交通條例》

124. Proof of deposited plan
(1) In any proceedings before a court a copy of a deposited plan, certified by the Director of Lands to be a copy of that plan, shall be proof that the road (within the meaning of section 123(5)) and any unleased Government land which is not a road immediately adjacent thereto and comprised within the boundaries of an expressway delineated as such on that copy is an expressway. (Amended 29 of 1998 s. 105)
(2) A copy of a deposited plan purporting to be certified by the Director of Lands under subsection (1) shall, on its production to the court by any public officer, be admitted in evidence without further proof and shall be presumed to have been so certified.
(Amended L.N. 291 of 1993)

### Road Traffic Ordinance 《道路交通條例》

126. Removal of expressway plant and equipment causing a danger or an obstruction
(1) The Director, any public officer authorized (by name or office) by the Director or any police officer in uniform (the relevant officer

127. Detention of expressway plant and equipment
Any expressway plant and equipment removed under section 126 may be detained by the Director or the Commissioner of Police, as the case may be, until it is—
(a) returned under section 128 to the owner or to such other person as the owner may authorize in writing; or
(b) disposed of under section 129.

128. Expressway plant and equipment returned to owner
(1) Any expressway plant and equipment detained under section 127 shall be returned to the owner or to such other person as the owner may authorize in writing on payment to the Director or the Commissioner of Police, as the case may be, of any removal and storage costs incurred in such removal and storage.
(2) Any costs incurred by the Director or the Commissioner of Police, as the case may be, under subsection (1) shall be recoverable from the owner as a civil debt.

129. Disposal of unclaimed expressway plant and equipment
(1) If any expressway plant and equipment detained under section 127 is not claimed within 3 days the Director or the Commissioner of Police, as the case may be, shall serve on the owner of such plant and equipment, or on such other person in charge or possession of it at the time of its removal under section 126, a notice informing him that unless he—
(a) pays to the Director or the Commissioner of Police, as the case may be, any removal and storage costs incurred in such removal and storage; and
(b) after such payment, removes the expressway plant and equipment from the place of detention within 14 days of the service of the notice on him,

the expressway plant and equipment shall become the property of the Government.
(2) If any expressway plant and equipment is not removed within 14 days of the service of a notice under subsection (1) it shall become the property of the Government and may be sold or otherwise disposed of as the Director or the Commissioner of Police, as the case may be, thinks fit.
(3) Any costs incurred by the Director, or the Commissioner of Police, as the case may be, under this section or section 128(2), and not recovered under this section by the sale or disposal of the plant and equipment under this section, shall be recoverable from the owner or former owner, as the case may be, as a civil debt.
(Amended 3 of 2002 s. 15)

### Road Traffic Ordinance 《道路交通條例》

130. Access to and exit from an expressway
(1) Subject to subsection (2), any person who drives a vehicle—
(a) on to an expressway other than by way of an expressway access; or
(b) off an expressway other than by way of an expressway exit,

commits an offence and is liable to a fine at level 2 and imprisonment for 6 months. (Amended E.R. 2 of 2021)
(2) Subsection (1) shall not apply to any person lawfully driving a vehicle on an occasion when it is being used for fire services, ambulance or police purposes or is being used in connection with the carrying out of any expressway works authorized under section 125, if compliance with subsection (1) would be likely to hinder the use of the vehicle on that occasion for any of those purposes.

### Road Traffic Ordinance 《道路交通條例》

134. Use of AVs
(1) An AV is being used when it is in operation—
(a) whether by a backup operator or its AV system, or both; and
(b) whether in autonomous mode or not.
(2) If there is a backup operator for an AV that is being used, the operator is taken to be using the AV.
(3) If an AV is used, in addition to the person who actually permitted the use, for the purposes of section 136(1)(b), the use is also taken to have been permitted by the following person—
(a) for a pilot AV—
(i) the pilot proprietor; or
(ii) if the pilot proprietor is not the registered owner of the AV—both the pilot proprietor and the registered owner;
(b) for an AV that is not a pilot AV—its owner (whether a registered owner or not).
(4) However—
(a) a person in or on an AV is not taken to be using the AV if the person is a passenger in or on the AV and is not a backup operator of the AV;
(b) a person is not taken to be using an AV only because the person is the owner of the place in which the AV is used; and
(c) a person is not taken to have permitted the use of an AV only because the person is—
(i) a passenger in or on the AV; or
(ii) the owner of the place in which the AV is used.

135. What is pilot use
(1) The use of an AV is a pilot use if—
(a) the AV is a pilot AV under a pilot scheme; and
(b) the use conforms with—
(i) the pilot licence of the scheme and the conditions of the licence; and
(ii) the AV certificate of the AV and the conditions of the certificate.
(2) However, a pilot use does not include the towing of a trailer by a pilot AV unless—
(a) the registration mark of the trailer is specified in a condition of the AV certificate of the AV; and
(b) the towing conforms with—
(i) the pilot licence of the relevant pilot scheme and the conditions of the licence; and
(ii) the AV certificate and the conditions of the certificate.