### Road Traffic Ordinance 《道路交通條例》

6A. Regulation of toll tags
(1) The Secretary may make regulations—
(a) to provide for the issue, replacement and cancellation of toll tags;
(b) to provide for the fees that may be charged for the issue and replacement of toll tags and the waiving, exemption, reduction or refund of the fees;
(c) to require the use of a toll tag and to regulate the use of a toll tag or any device that functions in a manner similar to a toll tag;
(d) to provide for exemption from any regulation; and
(e) to provide for matters that are necessary or expedient to facilitate the use of toll tags for the collection and recovery of tolls payable to the Government under any Ordinances.
(2) Without limiting subsection (1), a regulation made under that subsection—
(a) may provide for different types of toll tags;
(b) may make different provisions for different types of toll tags; and
(c) may provide for—
(i) a toll tag specifically for a vehicle; and
(ii) different types of toll tags for different classes of vehicles.
(3) Without limiting subsection (1), a regulation made under that subsection may authorize the Commissioner—
(a) to amend any Schedule to a regulation made under that subsection that provides for the manner in which a toll tag is to be used in connection with a vehicle;
(b) to grant exemption from any regulation; and
(c) to waive, exempt, reduce or refund the fees that may be charged for the issue and replacement of toll tags.
(4) Without limiting subsection (1), a regulation made under that subsection may confer, on an agent of the Commissioner, any functions under the regulation, including the issue of a toll tag whether specifically for a vehicle or otherwise.
(5) In this section and section 6B—
agent (代理人), in relation to the Commissioner, means a person appointed as agent by the Commissioner for the purposes of a regulation made under subsection (1);
specified Government infrastructure (指明政府基建) means any of the following for the use of which a toll is payable—(a) a tunnel within the meaning of section 2(1) of the Road Tunnels (Government) Ordinance (Cap. 368);
(b) the Control Area within the meaning of section 2(1) of the Tsing Sha Control Area Ordinance (Cap. 594);

toll tag (繳費貼) means a device issued for the use in connection with a vehicle for enabling the detection of the use by the vehicle of any specified Government infrastructure in so far as it is operated without toll booths.
(Added 20 of 2021 s. 77)

### Road Traffic Ordinance 《道路交通條例》

6B. Directions for purposes of regulations made under section 6A
(1) If the Secretary considers the public interest so requires, the Secretary may give directions of a general character in writing to an agent of the Commissioner in relation to the performance of the functions of the agent, or of persons employed by the agent, under a regulation made under section 6A.
(2) An agent of the Commissioner must comply with the directions given under subsection (1).
(Added 20 of 2021 s. 77)

### Road Traffic Ordinance 《道路交通條例》

7A. Regulation of taxi fleets
(1) The Secretary may make regulations to provide for—
(a) the regulation of the operation of taxi fleets;
(b) the powers of the Commissioner to—
(i) invite applications for a licence to operate a taxi fleet (taxi fleet licence

### Road Traffic Ordinance 《道路交通條例》

8. Regulation of driving licences
(1) The Secretary may make regulations to provide for— (Amended 36 of 1990 s. 2; 89 of 1994 s. 6; L.N. 106 of 2002; L.N. 130 of 2007; 6 of 2012 s. 2)
(a) the issue, reissue, renewal, variation, cancellation or withholding of, and imposing of conditions on, driving licences, international driving permits and driving instructors’ licences; (Amended 23 of 2008 s. 4)
(aa) the review by a Transport Tribunal of any decision of the Commissioner to refuse to issue, to reissue, to renew or to cancel a driving licence or a driving instructor’s licence; (Added 23 of 2008 s. 4)
(b) the maintenance of a register of driving licences, permits and penalties incurred by the holders of driving licences;
(c) the instruction and testing of persons applying for or holding driving licences and driving instructors’ licences;
(d) the amendment by the Commissioner by order published in the Gazette of any provision made under this section specifying countries or places as countries or places the holders of whose driving certificates or licences are exempt from the requirement to take a driving test; and (Amended 89 of 1994 s. 6; 3 of 2002 s. 15)
(e) the control of holders of international driving permits and of driving licences and permits issued in places outside Hong Kong for use in such places. (Amended 89 of 1994 s. 6; 23 of 1998 s. 2)
(f)-(g) (Repealed 89 of 1994 s. 6)(1A) The Chief Executive in Council may make regulations to provide for— (Amended 3 of 2002 s. 15)
(a) the fees to be charged in respect of any licence or permit granted to any person to drive a vehicle of a particular class or to instruct other persons to drive vehicle; and
(b) the waiving, exemption, reduction or refund of fees. (Added 89 of 1994 s. 6)
(2) Regulations under this section with respect to the testing of persons applying for or holding driving licences may empower the Commissioner to specify that any vehicle used in such testing of persons shall conform with such requirements as the Commissioner may specify. (Added 36 of 1990 s. 2)

### Road Traffic Ordinance 《道路交通條例》

10. Regulation of specified safety equipment
(1) The Secretary may make regulations permitting or requiring the provision or use of specified safety equipment by persons driving, riding in or on, or using, any class of vehicle and controlling the sale, hire or possession of specified safety equipment. (Amended 89 of 1994 s. 8; L.N. 106 of 2002; L.N. 130 of 2007; 6 of 2012 s. 2)
(2) The Chief Executive in Council may make regulations providing for the entry by a police officer of premises in which the police officer has reasonable grounds for believing that specified safety equipment not complying with the regulations is held for sale or hire, for the purpose of searching for and seizing such equipment. (Replaced 89 of 1994 s. 8. Amended 3 of 2002 s. 15)
(3) In this section specified safety equipment (指明安全裝備) means such equipment or apparatus as is specified in subsection (4).
(4) The following shall be specified safety equipment for the purposes of this section—
(a) crash helmets;
(b) safety belts and means of securing safety belts;
(c) fire fighting equipment.
(5) The Legislative Council may, by resolution, amend subsection (4).

### Road Traffic Ordinance 《道路交通條例》

14. Onus of proof in certain cases
(1) Any regulation made under this Ordinance may provide that in any criminal proceedings for a contravention thereof—
(a) it shall be for the person accused of such contravention to prove certain facts; or
(b) facts shall be presumed, with or without proof of other facts, until the contrary is proved.
(2) Any regulation made in exercise of the powers conferred by subsection (1) shall be subject to the approval of the Legislative Council.

14A. Transitional provisions in regulations
Any regulation made under this Ordinance may—
(a) provide for the continuance in force of any regulations made under the repealed Ordinance with such modifications, adaptations and transitional provisions as the Chief Executive in Council sees fit; and (Amended 3 of 2002 s. 15)
(b) provide for the modification, adaptation and transition of any reference in any Ordinance to the repealed Ordinance or any regulations made under the repealed Ordinance.
(Added 66 of 1984 s. 3)