### Country Parks and Special Areas Regulations 《郊野公園及特別地區規例》

4. Prohibition on bringing vehicles into country parks and special areas
(1) Subject to subregulation (2), no person shall, except with the consent of the Authority, bring into a country park or special area any vehicle or bicycle, or drive, use or be in possession of any vehicle or bicycle within a country park or special area.
(2) Subregulation (1) shall not apply—
(a) to any person driving, using or in possession of a vehicle or bicycle on any road designated by the Authority for such purposes and so marked by him or in any car park so designated; or
(b) to any person riding a bicycle within a country park or special area if he is ordinarily resident within the park or special area.
(3) Any person who parks a vehicle in a car park designated by the Authority shall pay such fee as is prescribed in Schedule 1. (L.N. 63 of 2005)
(4) No person shall, without the consent of the Authority, drive a vehicle into, or leave a vehicle parked in, a car park designated by the Authority if the Authority—
(a) has closed the car park to the public; and
(b) has displayed, in a prominent position in or at the entrance to the car park, a notice in English and in Chinese of the closure. (L.N. 63 of 2005)

5. Prohibition on bringing cattle, sheep, goats, etc. into country park or special area
(1) Subject to subregulation (2), no person shall, except in accordance with a permit in writing granted by the Authority, bring into any country park or special area or have control of within such park or area, any cattle, equines, sheep, goats, pigs, dogs, cats or poultry.
(2) Subregulation (1) shall not apply—
(a) to a person who brings into a country park or special area a dog and who keeps the dog under control while within the country park or special area;
(b) to a person who rides or leads a horse along a path or track approved by the Authority for such purpose and so marked by him;
(c) to a person who, being ordinarily resident within a country park or special area, keeps any cattle, equines, sheep, goats, pigs, dogs, cats or poultry on his own land or on land over which he has a right to graze such animals or poultry.

6. Prohibition on carrying hunting or trapping appliances or arms
No person shall, except in accordance with a permit in writing granted by the Authority, within any country park or special area, carry, have in his possession, or discharge any hunting or trapping appliance or arms.

### Country Parks and Special Areas Regulations 《郊野公園及特別地區規例》

7. Control of fires etc.
(1) No person shall within a country park or special area—
(a) carry or have in his possession any lantern, cooking stove or other similar apparatus which uses flame except in a designated barbecue site or a designated camping site or when travelling from the country park or special area boundary to such designated site or from such site to the entrance;
(b) carry or have in his possession any flare, flame-gun, fire-balloon or other similar device;
(c) light, or use any fire, or be a member of a group which uses any fire, whether or not lit by any person in the group, except in a designated barbecue site or in a designated camping site; or
(d) discard any match, lighted cigarette, pipe ash or other substance in a manner likely to cause a fire.
(2) The Authority may, if he considers it necessary in the interests of good management so to do, prohibit the lighting or the use of fire in any country park or special area or part thereof, including any designated barbecue site or a designated camping site and display notices of such prohibition in English and in Chinese in such prominent positions as he shall determine.
(3) Subregulation (1)(a) and (c) shall not apply to any person who, being ordinarily resident within a country park or special area—
(a) has in his possession any lantern, cooking stove or other similar apparatus which uses flame within his dwelling place or its curtilage;
(b) carries any lantern, cooking stove or other similar apparatus which uses flame from the boundary of the country park or special area to his dwelling house or from his dwelling house to such entrance;
(c) lights or uses any fire within his dwelling house or its curtilage.

8. Protection of vegetation and soil
(1) Subject to subregulation (2), no person shall within a country park or special area, except in accordance with a permit in writing granted by the Authority—
(a) cut, pick or uproot any plant or part of a plant, whether living or dead;
(b) dig, cultivate or disturb the soil; or
(c) sow or plant any seeds or plants, whether as a crop or not.
(2) Subregulation (1) shall not apply to a person who cuts, picks, uproots, digs, cultivates or disturbs any plant, part of a plant or soil or who sows or plants any seeds or plants under a Government lease or a licence or permit granted under the Land (Miscellaneous Provisions) Ordinance (Cap. 28) or a licence or lease issued by the Commissioner of Mines. (29 of 1998 s. 53; 34 of 2000 s. 3)

### Country Parks and Special Areas Regulations 《郊野公園及特別地區規例》

9. Control of trading
(1) No person shall, except in accordance with a permit in writing granted by the Authority—
(a) bring into or allow to remain in any country park or special area any commodity or article which is intended or is likely to be sold or let on hire;
(b) within any country park or special area sell, or offer or expose for sale, or let on hire, or offer or expose for letting on hire, any commodity or article.
(2) Where an authorized officer believes that any person is likely to act in contravention of subregulation (1)(a) he may take such steps as are reasonably necessary to prevent that person from bringing in or allowing to remain in any country park or special area any commodity or article.
(3) The Authority or an authorized officer may remove any person from a country park or special area if he has reason to believe that such person has contravened subregulation (1).

10. Prohibition on displaying signs, erecting buildings
(1) No person shall, within a country park or special area except in accordance with a permit in writing granted by the Authority—
(a) display any sign, notice, poster, banner or advertisement;
(b) construct or erect any building, hut or shelter or excavate any cave;
(c) construct or excavate any grave or deposit any human body in any grave so constructed or excavated; or
(d) deposit any urn containing human remains.
(2) Where there has been a contravention of subregulation (1)(a) or (b), the Authority may remove any sign, notice, poster, banner, advertisement, building, hut or shelter or fill in any cave.

11. Control of meetings and various activities
(1) No person shall within a country park or special area, except in accordance with a permit in writing granted by the Authority—
(a) hold any public meeting or sporting competition, make any public speech or address any public meeting;
(b) hold any event organized for the purpose of raising funds, whether for charity or otherwise; or
(c) carry on any activity for the purpose of, or incidental to, any business, except where such activity is otherwise permitted under these regulations.
(2) No person shall within a country park or special area—
(a) play any competitive team game; or
(b) operate any power driven model boat, power driven model aeroplane or power driven model vehicle;
except in any area approved for the purpose by the Authority and marked by him with signboards and markers.
(3) No person shall camp or erect a tent or temporary shelter within a country park or special area except—
(a) in accordance with a permit in writing granted by the Authority; and
(b) in a designated camping site.