### Road Traffic Ordinance 《道路交通條例》

88C. Authorized car testing centres
(1) The Commissioner may, in writing, designate any place (including any place designated under section 77C(1) as a vehicle emission testing centre) as a car testing centre and may impose such conditions relating to that designation as he thinks fit. (Amended 3 of 1991 s. 12)
(2) Where a place is designated as a car testing centre under subsection (1), such designation—
(a) shall authorize the person specified in the designation as the proprietor of that place, to operate that place as a car testing centre in accordance with—
(i) any code of practice for the time being in force issued, and from time to time revised, by the Commissioner under section 88F(1)(a);
(ii) Schedule 8; and
(iii) such conditions as may be specified by the Commissioner in the designation;
(b) shall not be valid except on payment of the fee specified in paragraph 6(a) of Schedule 8.
(3) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (2)(a)—
(a) the fees specified in paragraph 6(b) of Schedule 8 shall be payable by the registered owner of a private car or a light goods vehicle to the proprietor of a car testing centre in respect of an examination carried out under this Part; (Amended 36 of 1990 s. 6)
(b) the conditions that may be specified in a designation under subsection (2)(a)(iii) may include conditions relating to—
(i) the supply by the Commissioner to the proprietor specified in the designation of any document or form to be used for the purposes of this Part; and
(ii) the fees as specified in paragraph 6(c) of Schedule 8, payable by that proprietor in respect of such supply and the refund of such fees.
(4) The Commissioner shall cause notice of the designation of a place as a car testing centre to be published in the Gazette.
(5) Subject to section 88D, a designation—
(a) shall be valid for a period of 3 years from such date as shall be specified in the designation;
(b) may, on application made to the Commissioner not less than 6 months before the date of its expiration and on payment of the fee specified in paragraph 6(a) of Schedule 8, be renewed in writing by the Commissioner.
(6) A renewal of a designation under subsection (5) shall—
(a) not be valid except on payment of the fee specified in paragraph 6(a) of Schedule 8; and
(b) be valid for a period of 3 years from such date as the Commissioner shall specify in the renewal.

### Road Traffic Ordinance 《道路交通條例》

88D. Revocation of designation
(1) If in the case of any proprietor of a car testing centre it appears to the Commissioner that—
(a) there has been a breach of—
(i) the code of practice;
(ii) Schedule 8;
(iii) the conditions specified in the designation under section 88C; or
(b) certificates of roadworthiness have been improperly issued; or
(c) certificates of roadworthiness have been incorrectly dated for fraudulent purposes; or
(d) the proprietor has ceased to trade, or is being wound up or grounds exist for a creditor to present a bankruptcy petition against him, (Amended 37 of 1998 s. 6)

the Commissioner may serve on the proprietor a notice stating his intention to revoke the designation and the ground or grounds therefor and requiring the proprietor to show cause in writing, within 28 days after the service of such notice, why the designation should not be so revoked.
(2) Where after a notice is served on a proprietor under subsection (1)—
(a) the proprietor does not show cause why the designation should not be revoked; or
(b) the Commissioner, having considered any representations made by the proprietor, is of the opinion that the proprietor has not shown good cause why the designation should not be revoked,

the Commissioner may, by notice in writing served on the proprietor, revoke the designation with effect from such date being not less than 14 days after service of the notice as he shall specify in the notice.
(3) Any proprietor of a car testing centre aggrieved by a decision of the Commissioner under subsection (2) to revoke the designation of such car testing centre may appeal to a Transport Tribunal against such decision within 14 days of receiving notice of the decision and on any such appeal a Transport Tribunal may affirm, amend or reverse such decision.
(4) A decision of the Commissioner appealed against under subsection (3) shall not have effect pending the determination of the appeal by a Transport Tribunal.
(5) The Commissioner shall cause notice of the revocation of a designation under subsection (2) to be published in the Gazette as soon as practicable after the revocation has come into effect.
(6) No compensation shall be payable in respect of the revocation of a designation under this section.

### Road Traffic Ordinance 《道路交通條例》

88E. Termination of designation
(1) Notwithstanding section 88D, a designation in respect of a car testing centre shall be terminated in the following cases—
(a) where the Commissioner serves written notice on the proprietor of not less than 6 months, on the expiration of the period of such notice;
(b) where the proprietor serves written notice on the Commissioner of not less than 3 months, on the expiration of the period of such notice.
(2) Where a designation is terminated under this section, the Commissioner may make a refund in respect of any fee paid under section 88C of an amount not exceeding the sum obtained by dividing the amount of the fee paid by 36 and multiplying the result by the number of months in the unexpired period of the designation.
(3) The Commissioner shall cause a copy of every notice served under subsection (1) to be published in the Gazette.

88F. Ancillary powers of Commissioner
(1) For the purposes of this Part the Commissioner may—
(a) issue and from time to time revise a code of practice setting out the practice and procedure to be followed and specifying the equipment to be used for the examination of private cars and light goods vehicles at car testing centres;
(b) specify any form or other document;
(c) conduct training courses for the purposes of paragraph (d);
(d) authorize in writing persons to act as approved car testers who have attended and completed a training course conducted by the Commissioner for the purpose of training persons to be approved car testers;
(e) authorize in writing persons to act as responsible persons at car testing centres in respect of the supervision of examinations of private cars or light goods vehicles carried out under this Part.
(2) A code of practice issued, and from time to time revised, under subsection (1) may specify the circumstances in which the fees set out in paragraph 6(b) of Schedule 8 (as being fees payable to the proprietor of a car testing centre by the registered owner of a private car or a light goods vehicle in respect of an examination carried out under this Part) are to be waived, reduced or refunded.
(Amended 36 of 1990 s. 7)