### Road Traffic (Parking) Regulations 《道路交通(泊車)規例》

12D. Offences relating to payment means and display tickets
(25 of 2020 s. 13)(1) (Repealed 25 of 2020 s. 13)(1A) If a person, without lawful authority or reasonable excuse, uses or attempts to use, for the purpose of operating a parking meter or a pay and display machine, an approved payment means which has been interfered with, altered or damaged, the person commits an offence and is liable to a fine at level 1. (25 of 2020 s. 13)
(2) Any person who without lawful authority or reasonable excuse—
(a) alters, defaces, damages or otherwise interferes with a display ticket displayed on a motor vehicle;
(b) uses or attempts to use, for indicating payment of a parking fee, a display ticket which has been altered, defaced, damaged or otherwise interfered with;
(c) removes any display ticket displayed on a motor vehicle parked in a pay and display parking space; or
(d) after having displayed a display ticket on a particular motor vehicle for the purpose of indicating payment of a parking fee, uses or permits or causes the same display ticket to be used by any other person or in respect of any other motor vehicle,
commits an offence and is liable to a fine at level 1.
(L.N. 252 of 1991; E.R. 2 of 2021)

13. Interfering with parking apparatus
Any person who without lawful authority—
(a) interferes with a parking meter or a pay and display machine; (25 of 2020 s. 14)
(b) impedes or prevents the operation of any apparatus referred to in paragraph (a);
(c) operates or attempts to operate—
(i) a parking meter, other than by the use of an approved payment means; or
(ii) a pay and display machine, other than by the use of an approved payment means; or (25 of 2020 s. 14)
(d) (Repealed 25 of 2020 s. 14)(e) is in possession of any object designed or adapted for interfering with the apparatus referred to in paragraph (a),
commits an offence and is liable to a fine at level 2 and to imprisonment for 3 months.
(L.N. 252 of 1991; E.R. 2 of 2021)

### Road Traffic (Parking) Regulations 《道路交通(泊車)規例》

13A. Offences relating to unauthorized access to parking meters etc.
(1) A person commits an offence if the person knowingly obtains unauthorized access to data or information contained in a parking meter, a pay and display machine, or an associated electronic system.
(2) A person commits an offence if the person, without lawful authority or reasonable excuse—
(a) erases, in whole or in part, alters or damages the data or information processed or stored in a parking meter, a pay and display machine, or an associated electronic system; or
(b) tampers with the operation or any part of the operation of an associated electronic system.
(3) A person who commits an offence under subregulation (1) or (2) is liable on conviction to a fine at level 2 and to imprisonment for 3 months.
(4) In this regulation—
associated electronic system (相聯電子系統) means an electronic system that is associated with a parking meter or a pay and display machine—(a) for ascertaining or indicating whether a parking fee is paid for using a parking space;
(b) for ascertaining or indicating whether a parking space is occupied; or
(c) for the management or operation of the parking meter or the pay and display machine.

(25 of 2020 s. 15)

14. Designation of car parks
(1) The Commissioner may by notice published in the Gazette designate any place as a car park and in such notice may limit the use of such car park or any part thereof to any particular class or type of motor vehicle, and by notice published in the Gazette may revoke or amend any such designation.
(2) The Commissioner may by notice published in the Gazette limit the hours during which motor vehicles or any particular class or type of motor vehicle may enter or use a car park.

15. Temporary closure of car parks
(1) The Commissioner may by notice published in the Gazette temporarily close any car park or any part of a car park and in such notice may in his discretion designate the use to which the car park may be put during such temporary closure.
(2) Where a car park has been closed under subregulation (1) for any period exceeding 48 hours the holder of a monthly pass that is valid for that car park only for the month in which such closure occurs may apply for and be granted by the Commissioner a proportionate refund of the monthly pass fee.
(3) Any refund of a monthly pass fee which has not been applied for within 6 months after the expiry of the monthly pass shall be irrecoverable.

### Road Traffic (Parking) Regulations 《道路交通(泊車)規例》

16. Signs at car parks
(1) The Commissioner shall cause to be erected or placed at, in and outside every car park such traffic signs as he deems necessary for the regulation of parking therein and in particular traffic signs indicating the place where motor vehicles may enter the car park and the class or type of motor vehicle which may be parked in the car park.
(2) The Commissioner shall cause every car park to be divided up in such manner as he considers necessary into spaces for the accommodation of vehicles and may reserve any such spaces for any particular class or type of motor vehicle or category of user.

17. Management of car parks
(1) On the designation of a car park under regulation 14 the Secretary may direct that the management of the car park shall be— (L.N. 106 of 2002; L.N. 130 of 2007; 6 of 2012 s. 2)
(a) vested in the Commissioner who shall be responsible for the collection of all fees payable for the use of the car park;
(b) put up for public tender and vested in such person as the Commissioner shall decide in accordance with subregulation (3); or
(c) vested in such other person as the Secretary may direct. (89 of 1994 s. 27; L.N. 106 of 2002; L.N. 130 of 2007; 6 of 2012 s. 2)
(2) All fees collected for the use of car parks vested in the Commissioner shall be paid into the general revenue.
(3) If in accordance with subregulation (1)(b) the Secretary directs that the management of a car park shall be put up for public tender the Commissioner may vest the management of the car park in any person tendering for such upon such terms and conditions as the Commissioner shall consider appropriate. (89 of 1994 s. 27; L.N. 106 of 2002; L.N. 130 of 2007; 6 of 2012 s. 2)
(4) The Commissioner may make rules providing for the management and control of any car park, and such rules may include matters relating to—
(a) the employment of attendants;
(b) the duties of attendants and other employees;
(c) uniforms;
(d) identification and discipline of staff;
(e) registers to be maintained;
(f) records to be kept;
(g) maintenance and use of equipment;
(h) issue of cleaner’s permits.