### Road Traffic (Registration and Licensing of Vehicles) Regulations 《道路交通(車輛登記及領牌)規例》

20. Motor vehicles broken up, destroyed or exported
(1) When a motor vehicle is broken up, destroyed, or despatched permanently out of Hong Kong, the registered owner of the vehicle shall, within 15 days after the vehicle is broken up, destroyed or despatched, notify the Commissioner in writing of the breaking up, destruction or despatch and shall at the same time— (25 of 2005 s. 17)
(a) deliver to the Commissioner the registration document and vehicle licence (if not destroyed) relating to the vehicle; and
(b) if the vehicle is a vehicle to which there is assigned a personalized registration mark, return to the Commissioner the certificate of allocation, in which case regulation 12R shall apply as if the notification under this subregulation was a notice under regulation 12R(1). 
(2) On receipt of a notification under subregulation (1), the Commissioner shall, subject to subregulation (3A), cancel the registration of the motor vehicle and at any time thereafter, may, subject to regulations 9, 12A to 12K, 13 and 14, assign to any other motor vehicle the registration mark that was assigned to such vehicle. 
(3) On receipt of a notification under subregulation (1), the Commissioner may require the registered owner to produce—
(a) a certificate signed by the person by whom the vehicle was broken up or destroyed;
(b) shipping documents relating to the despatch of the vehicle; or
(c) such other proof as will satisfy the Commissioner that the vehicle has been broken up, destroyed or despatched permanently out of Hong Kong.
(3A) If the registered owner wishes to have the registration mark that is assigned to such vehicle transferred or held in abeyance under regulation 16, he shall make an application to the Commissioner under regulation 16(1) before the Commissioner cancel the registration of the vehicle under this regulation. (25 of 2005 s. 17)
(4) Notwithstanding that he may not have received a notification under subregulation (1), where the Commissioner is satisfied that a motor vehicle has been broken up, destroyed or despatched permanently out of Hong Kong, he shall, unless an application referred to in subregulation (3A) is received, cancel the registration of the vehicle and at any time thereafter, may, subject to regulations 9, 12A to 12K, 13 and 14, assign to any other motor vehicle the registration mark that was assigned to such vehicle. 

(25 of 2005 s. 17)

### Road Traffic (Registration and Licensing of Vehicles) Regulations 《道路交通(車輛登記及領牌)規例》

22. Vehicle licence and certificate of allocation to remain property of the Government
(1) A vehicle licence issued to a registered owner shall remain the property of the Government and the Commissioner may require a vehicle licence to be returned to him at any time.
(1A) A certificate of allocation shall remain the property of the Government and the Commissioner may require a certificate of allocation to be returned to him at any time. (25 of 2005 s. 18)
(2) Any police officer or other officer authorized by the Commissioner shall have power to seize a vehicle licence that is cancelled, and for that purpose to detach it from a motor vehicle, and to seize a certificate of allocation that is cancelled. (25 of 2005 s. 18)

### Road Traffic (Registration and Licensing of Vehicles) Regulations 《道路交通(車輛登記及領牌)規例》

23. Licensing of motor vehicles for use in Lantau only
(1) Subject to subregulation (1A), a motor vehicle may be used on a road in Lantau only, if the vehicle is licensed under this regulation. (L.N. 172 of 1997)
(1A) Where a motor vehicle is licensed under this regulation and regulation 26, subregulation (1) shall be construed as permitting the motor vehicle to be used on a road in Lantau or Chek Lap Kok. (L.N. 172 of 1997)
(2) Any person who wishes to have licensed for use only in Lantau a motor vehicle of which he is the registered owner may deliver to the Commissioner an application for such licence in a form specified by the Commissioner and shall pay to the Commissioner one quarter of the appropriate licence fee prescribed in Schedule 2:

Provided that regulation 21(9) shall apply to an applicant who is a disabled person for the purposes of that regulation and the licence fee payable under this subregulation shall be— (E.R. 3 of 2022)
(a) for a licence for 12 months, one quarter of the licence fee payable under regulation 21(9)(b)(i); and
(b) for a licence for 4 months, 35% of the licence fee payable under paragraph (a) plus an additional fee of $15.
(3) The Commissioner may license a motor vehicle for use in Lantau only, and where he does so, he shall cause the vehicle licence to be endorsed with the words “PERMITTED TO BE USED ONLY ON LANTAU” and the characters “祇准在大嶼山使用” in such manner as he shall think fit and shall cause such endorsement to be made on the registration document relating to the vehicle if he thinks fit.
(4) Subject to this regulation, regulation 21 shall apply in respect of the documents which are required to be submitted with an application for a licence and the licensing of motor vehicles for use in Lantau.
(5) For the purposes of this regulation, road (道路) does not include a private road. (L.N. 21 of 1989)
(6) A licence issued under this regulation and having effect immediately before the commencement* of the Road Traffic (Registration and Licensing of Vehicles) (Amendment) Regulation 1997 (L.N. 172 of 1997) (the Amendment Regulation

### Road Traffic (Registration and Licensing of Vehicles) Regulations 《道路交通(車輛登記及領牌)規例》

23A. Licensing of motor vehicles for use on private roads in Lantau only
(1) A motor vehicle may be used on a private road in Lantau only, if the vehicle is licensed under regulation 23 or this regulation.
(2) Any person who wishes to have licensed for use only on private roads in Lantau a motor vehicle of which he is the registered owner may deliver to the Commissioner an application for such licence in a form specified by the Commissioner and shall pay to the Commissioner one-tenth of the appropriate licence fee prescribed in Schedule 2:

Provided that regulation 21(9) shall apply to an applicant who is a disabled person for the purpose of that regulation and the licence fee payable under this subregulation shall be—
(a) for a licence for 12 months, one-tenth of the licence fee payable under regulation 21(9)(b)(i); and
(b) for a licence for 4 months, 35% of the licence fee payable under paragraph (a) plus an additional fee of $15.
(3) The Commissioner may license a motor vehicle for use on private roads in Lantau only, and where he does so, he shall cause the vehicle licence to be endorsed with the words “PERMITTED TO BE USED ONLY ON PRIVATE ROADS ON LANTAU” and the characters “只准在大嶼山的私家路上行駛” in such manner as he shall think fit and shall cause such endorsement to be made on the registration document relating to the vehicle if he thinks fit.
(4) Subject to this regulation, regulation 21 shall apply in respect of the documents which are required to be submitted with an application for a licence and the licensing of motor vehicles for use on private roads in Lantau.
(L.N. 21 of 1989)