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

8. Circumstances in which regulations 7, 7A and 7B do not apply
Regulations 7, 7A and 7B shall not apply— (L.N. 288 of 1995; L.N. 162 of 2000)
(a) to the driver of a private car, taxi, light bus or goods vehicle, as the case may be, while he is performing a manoeuvre which includes reversing; and
(b) (Repealed L.N. 288 of 1995)(L.N. 37 of 1989)

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

8A. Seat belts and anchorage points in buses
(1) Every bus to which this regulation applies shall be provided with approved anchorage points designed to hold a body restraining seat belt securely in position on the bus for the driver’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 bus to which this regulation applies shall be provided with an approved seat belt, which shall be a body restraining seat belt, for the driver’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 bus by the anchorage points provided for it and to any other anchorage points provided on the seat for it.
(4) This regulation shall apply—
(a) to every bus registered on or after 1 July 1997;
(b) subject to paragraph (c) and subregulation (5), with effect from 1 July 2002 to every bus registered before 1 July 1997; and
(c) to every other bus registered before 1 July 1997 and provided with an approved seat belt for the driver’s seat at any time before that date.
(5) The registered owner of any bus or any type of bus registered before 1 July 1997 may, during the period commencing 1 July 1997 and ending 30 June 2001, apply to the Commissioner in such form as he may determine for approval to exempt such bus or such type of bus from compliance with this regulation if the registered owner can prove to the satisfaction of the Commissioner that the bus or type of bus, as the case may be, described in the application cannot be provided with an approved seat belt for the driver’s seat because of technical reasons.
(6) The Commissioner may, on application made to him under subregulation (5), exempt any bus or type of bus, as the case may be, described in that application from compliance with this regulation, subject to such conditions as he may specify in any particular case.
(L.N. 262 of 1996)

8B. Drivers of buses required to wear seat belts
Subject to regulations 8C and 10, no person shall drive a bus to which regulation 8A applies on any road unless he is securely fastened to his seat by means of an approved seat belt.
(L.N. 262 of 1996)

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

8C. Circumstances in which regulation 8B does not apply
Regulation 8B shall not apply—
(a) to a driver of a bus while he is performing a manoeuvre which includes reversing; or
(b) to a driver of a bus in respect of which the Commissioner has exempted compliance with regulation 8A.
(L.N. 262 of 1996)

9. Fire Extinguishers
(1) There shall be carried inside every—
(a) bus and light bus;
(b) heavy goods vehicle; and
(c) vehicle whose vehicle licence contains such a requirement,
a suitable apparatus for extinguishing fire.
(2) Such apparatus shall be—
(a) of a type approved by the Director of Fire Services;
(b) carried in such a position as to be readily accessible and available for use; and
(c) maintained at all times in good and efficient working order.
(3) The Director of Fire Services shall by notice in the Gazette specify the type of apparatus approved by him for the purposes of subregulation (2)(a).

10. Power of Commissioner to exempt persons from regulations 3, 7, 7A, 7B and 8B
The Commissioner may, on application made to him in such form as he may determine, exempt any person or any class of persons from compliance with regulation 3, 7(1) or (2), 7A(1) or (2), 7B(1) or 8B for such period and subject to such conditions as he may specify in any particular case.
(L.N. 37 of 1989; L.N. 288 of 1995; L.N. 262 of 1996; L.N. 162 of 2000)

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

12. Offences
(1) Any person who contravenes regulation 3, 4, 7(1) or (2), 7A(1) or (2), 7B(1) or (5) or 8B commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $5,000 and to imprisonment for 3 months. (L.N. 37 of 1989; L.N. 162 of 2000)
(2) Any person who uses or causes or permits to be used on a road a vehicle which does not comply with any of the requirements of regulation 6, 6A, 6B, 6C, 8A or 9 commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $5,000 and to imprisonment for 3 months.
(3) Any driver of—
(a) a private car, who contravenes regulation 7(3) or 7B(2), (3) or (6); or
(b) a private light bus or goods vehicle, who contravenes regulation 7A(3),
without reasonable excuse, commits an offence and is liable to a fine at level 1. (L.N. 162 of 2000)
(L.N. 288 of 1995; L.N. 262 of 1996; L.N. 148 of 2002) 

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

1. Citation
These regulations may be cited as the Road Traffic (Traffic Control) Regulations.