### Road Traffic (Parking on Private Roads) Regulations 《道路交通(私家路上泊車)規例》

5. Appointment of authorized officers
(1) The owner of a private road may appoint a person to be an authorized officer in respect of that road.
(2) The owner of a private road shall issue to each person he has appointed under subregulation (1) to be an authorized officer in respect of that road an identity card— (L.N. 95 of 1993)
(a) as evidence of such appointment; and
(b) which contains any particulars required by a notice under regulation 6 to be contained in such card.
(3) An authorized officer shall, if so required by any person when—
(a) exercising or attempting to exercise any power conferred on him; or
(b) discharging or attempting to discharge any duty imposed on him,
under these regulations, produce the identity card issued to him under subregulation (2).

6. Particulars to be contained in identity card

The Commissioner may, by notice in the Gazette, specify the particulars to be contained in any identity card issued under regulation 5(2).

7. Designation of private roads for purposes of these regulations
The owner of a private road may erect or place, at every point at which a vehicle may lawfully enter that road from a road within the meaning of section 2 of the Ordinance, a sign in accordance with Figure No. 1.

8. Designation of restricted parking areas
Where the owner of a private road has erected or placed, at every point at which a vehicle may lawfully enter that road from a road within the meaning of section 2 of the Ordinance, a sign in accordance with Figure No. 1, he may designate any place on that private road as a restricted parking area by—
(a) erecting or placing, on, in or near that place, a sign in accordance with Figure No. 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6; or (L.N. 145 of 1992)
(b) placing, on that place, a road marking in accordance with Figure No. 8,
and may, for the purposes of regulation 10(d), also erect or place, on, in or near that place, a sign in accordance with Figure No. 7.

9. Logo
(1) Subject to subregulation (2), the owner of a private road may display on or at any sign erected or placed by him under these regulations a logo.

(2) A logo displayed on a sign in pursuance of subregulation (1) shall not be so displayed so as to obscure the warning, information, requirement, restriction, prohibition or direction conveyed by the sign.

### Road Traffic (Parking on Private Roads) Regulations 《道路交通(私家路上泊車)規例》

10. Exemptions
This Part shall not apply to any vehicle which is parked on a restricted parking area in contravention of any sign or road marking if the vehicle—
(a) is prevented from proceeding by breakdown or other circumstances beyond the driver’s control, and all reasonable steps are taken to minimize any obstruction and effect the removal of the vehicle as soon as possible;
(b) cannot be conveniently parked elsewhere and is being used in connection with—
(i) any building operation, demolition, or excavation; or
(ii) the maintenance, improvement or reconstruction of any private road; or
(iii) the erection, placement, alteration, removal or repair in or near to any private road of any sign, traffic sign, road marking (including a road marking within the meaning of section 2 of the Ordinance), sewer or any main, pipe or apparatus for the supply of gas, water or electricity, or of any telephone or rediffusion wires, cables, parts or supports;
(c) is a fire service vehicle, ambulance, police vehicle, customs and excise vehicle, vehicle used for the conveyance of public mail, or vehicle used by the Chinese People’s Liberation Army, when any such vehicle is being used in the discharge of its duties; or (2 of 2012 s. 3)
(d) is so parked with the permission of—
(i) the owner of the private road concerned; or
(ii) an authorized officer in respect of that road.

11. Impounding and removal of vehicles
(1) Subject to subregulation (2), the owner of a private road, or an authorized officer in respect of that road, may impound or remove any vehicle which is parked on a restricted parking area on that road in contravention of any sign or road marking.
(2) The power of impounding or removing a vehicle under subregulation (1) shall be exercised only when—
(a) the vehicle is unattended and the driver cannot be located; or
(b) the driver is unable to remove the vehicle, or refuses or fails to remove the vehicle, on being requested to do so by the owner of the private road concerned or an authorized officer in respect of that road.
(3) Where the power of impounding or removing a vehicle under subregulation (1) may be exercised by the owner of a private road or an authorized officer, such owner or authorized officer may fix an approved immobilization device to the vehicle at—
(a) the restricted parking area where the vehicle is parked; or
(b) any place to which the vehicle is removed from such restricted parking area.
(4) Subject to regulation 12, any vehicle impounded or removed under this regulation may be detained by the owner of the private road concerned until there is paid to him such impounding or removal charge and storage charge as is specified in Schedule 2 incurred in respect of that vehicle.

### Road Traffic (Parking on Private Roads) Regulations 《道路交通(私家路上泊車)規例》

12. Disposal of detained vehicle
(1) Where a vehicle detained under regulation 11 is not claimed within 3 days after its detention, the owner of the private road concerned or an authorized officer in respect of that road shall—
(a) serve by post on the registered owner of the vehicle a notice informing him—
(i) of the detention of the vehicle and the place of detention; and
(ii) that unless the vehicle is removed from the place of detention, on payment of any charges payable under regulation 11(4), within 25 days after the service of the notice on him, the vehicle—
(A) shall become the property of the Government free from the rights of any person; and (3 of 2002 s. 15)
(B) may be disposed of by the Commissioner of Police by sale or otherwise as he thinks fit,
and at the same time serve by post on the Commissioner of Police a copy of the notice; and
(b) where the vehicle is not removed in accordance with the notice within 7 days after the service of the notice, publish, or cause to be published, not later than 14 days after such service, that notice once each in an English language newspaper and a Chinese language newspaper published daily and circulating generally in Hong Kong.
(2) Where a vehicle is not removed in accordance with a notice served and published under subregulation (1)—
(a) the owner of the private road concerned or an authorized officer in respect of that road shall—
(i) forthwith inform the Commissioner of Police that a vehicle detained under regulation 11 has not been removed in accordance with a notice served and published under this regulation;
(ii) provide the Commissioner of Police with particulars of the service and publication of the notice together with such other particulars in respect of the vehicle and the circumstances of its detention as the Commissioner of Police requires; and
(iii) deliver the vehicle into the custody of the Commissioner of Police on such day and at such time and place as the Commissioner of Police thinks fit; and
(b) the vehicle, upon its delivery into the custody of the Commissioner of Police under paragraph (a)(iii)—
(i) shall become the property of the Government free from the rights of any person; and (3 of 2002 s. 15)
(ii) may be disposed of by the Commissioner of Police by sale or otherwise as he thinks fit.