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

31. Application for and issue of international circulation permits
(1) Any visitor who brings a motor vehicle into Hong Kong from a place outside Hong Kong and who desires to obtain an international circulation permit in respect of the vehicle, may deliver to the Commissioner an application therefor in a form specified by the Commissioner, signed by the applicant.
(2) If an applicant for an international circulation permit—
(a) satisfies the Commissioner that he is resident outside Hong Kong and that the motor vehicle is only temporarily in Hong Kong;
(b) produces to the Commissioner a policy of insurance in respect of the motor vehicle, valid at the time of production; and
(c) satisfies the Commissioner that it is not intended during the currency of the international circulation permit to use the motor vehicle in Hong Kong for the carriage of passengers or goods for hire or reward or, in the case of a goods vehicle, in connection with a trade or business,
the Commissioner may issue to the applicant free of charge an international circulation permit in Form 4 of Schedule 8.
(3) Section 52(1) of the Ordinance shall not apply to a vehicle in respect of which an international circulation permit is in force.
(4) The following particulars shall be supplied in an application under subregulation (1)—
(a) the full name, home address and identity document number of the person to whom the international circulation permit is to be granted; (20 of 2021 s. 87)
(b) the date and place of entry into Hong Kong of the motor vehicle in question;
(c) the make and chassis number of the motor vehicle and such other particulars describing the vehicle as the Commissioner may direct;
(d) the letters and numbers on the registration plates, if any, of the motor vehicle and, if different, of any trailer drawn thereby, together with the country or place of registration; (3 of 2002 s. 15)
(e) in any case where the motor vehicle is drawing a trailer, the name and manufacture of the trailer and its serial or other identification number; (20 of 2021 s. 87)
(f) the address in Hong Kong of the person to whom the international circulation permit is to be granted or, if none, the name and address in Hong Kong of some other person through whom he may be contacted while in Hong Kong; and (20 of 2021 s. 87)
(g) the e-contact means of the person to whom the international circulation permit is to be granted while the person is in Hong Kong. (20 of 2021 s. 87)
(5) An international circulation permit shall not be granted for any period exceeding 12 months from the date on which the motor vehicle was last brought into Hong Kong.

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

31A. Changes of particulars of international circulation permit holder
(1) Within 72 hours after any change of name, address, e-contact means or identity document of a holder of an international circulation permit previously provided by the holder to the Commissioner, the holder shall notify the Commissioner in writing of such change. (20 of 2021 s. 88)
(2) The Commissioner may require a person who has given a notification under subregulation (1) to provide such information or to produce such document as the Commissioner may reasonably require as proof of the change within 14 days from the day on which the requirement is made, and the person shall comply with such requirement.
(L.N. 52 of 2007)

32. Application of other provisions to international circulation permits
Regulations 25 and 59 shall apply to an international circulation permit as if the references therein to a registered owner and to a vehicle licence were references to a holder of an international circulation permit and to an international circulation permit respectively.

33. Surrender of international circulation permits
(1) When a motor vehicle in respect of which an international circulation permit is in force—
(a) is sold or transferred;
(b) is removed from Hong Kong; or
(c) is destroyed,
the holder of the international circulation permit shall surrender it to the Commissioner, informing the Commissioner, in a case where the vehicle has been sold or transferred, of the name of the new owner and of his address, if any, in Hong Kong.
(2) The holder of an international circulation permit shall surrender it to the Commissioner if—
(a) it has expired; or
(b) the holder is applying for the registration of the vehicle under these regulations.
(3) The holder of an international circulation permit may, before the expiration of the permit, surrender it to the Commissioner and thereupon the permit shall cease to be valid.
(4) The holder of an international circulation permit shall, if he leaves Hong Kong before the expiration of the permit or before the exportation of his vehicle, surrender the permit to the Commissioner and thereupon the permit shall cease to be valid.

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

35. Registration cards
(1) Where the Commissioner assigns a registration mark to a motor vehicle under regulation 34(1)(a)(ii) or (b), the Commissioner shall issue with the international circulation permit a registration card free of charge in such form and containing such particulars as the Commissioner thinks fit. (25 of 2005 s. 20)
(2) Regulations 7(3) and 59 shall apply to a registration card as if the references therein to a registered owner and to the registration document were references to a holder of a registration card and the registration card respectively.

36. Vehicles remaining in Hong Kong
(1) Where any vehicle in respect of which an international circulation permit is issued—
(a) remains in Hong Kong after the permit has expired; or
(b) is transferred to another owner in Hong Kong,
the vehicle shall be registered and licensed under these regulations with effect from the date the vehicle was first brought into Hong Kong. 
(2) No person shall drive or use or suffer or permit to be driven or used any vehicle to which subregulation (1) applies unless the vehicle is registered and licensed in accordance with that subregulation.

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

37. Registration, etc. of trailers
(1) Subject to subregulations (2), (2A), (2B) and (3), the provisions of Part II shall apply to a trailer as if references therein to a motor vehicle and registered owner were references to a trailer and registered owner of a trailer respectively and references therein to a registration mark were references to the registration mark assigned to the trailer as referred to in subregulation (2). (L.N. 262 of 1984; L.N. 240 of 1985; 25 of 2005 s. 21)
(2) The registration mark assigned to a trailer pursuant to regulation 6(1)(a) shall consist of the letter “T”, as the suffix, preceded by a number. (25 of 2005 s. 21)
(2A) On registering a trailer, the Commissioner shall assign to the trailer a permitted gross vehicle weight which shall be such weight as he shall determine after considering—
(a) the particulars contained in the application for registration submitted in respect of the trailer;
(b) any information available from the manufacturer of the trailer; and
(c) any regulations made under the Ordinance. (L.N. 240 of 1985)
(2B) The assignment by the Commissioner of a permitted gross vehicle weight to any trailer on registration of the trailer on or after 25 August 1984, and prior to the commencement* of the Road Traffic (Registration and Licensing of Vehicles) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1985 (L.N. 240 of 1985), is hereby declared to be valid and shall be deemed to have been validly assigned under subregulation (2A). (L.N. 240 of 1985)
(3) Regulation 17(2)(b)(ii) shall not apply in the case of the transfer of ownership of a trailer. (L.N. 262 of 1984)

Editorial Note:
* Commencement date: 27 August 1985.