### Road Traffic (Expressway) Regulations 《道路交通(快速公路)規例》

12A. Right-driving expressway: traffic confined to right most lane
(1) Subject to subregulations (2), (3) and (4), the driver of a motor vehicle on a right-driving expressway must drive the vehicle only in the right most lane of the carriageway of the expressway.
(2) Where the right most lane is designated as a bus lane within the meaning of regulation 2(1) of the Road Traffic (Traffic Control) Regulations (Cap. 374 sub. leg. G), the driver of a motor vehicle other than a permitted user must, during the prescribed time, drive the vehicle only in the lane immediately to the left of the right most lane.
(3) Subregulations (1) and (2) do not apply—
(a) where the vehicle is overtaking another vehicle or vehicles; or
(b) where one or more traffic lanes merge with, or diverge from, other traffic lanes.
(4) In a case described in subregulation (3)(a) or (b), the driver must, as soon as reasonably practicable and without prejudicing the safety of other users of the expressway, move the vehicle back to the right most lane of the carriageway of the expressway or the lane immediately to the left of the right most lane, as the case may be.
(5) In subregulation (2)—
permitted user (許可使用者) has the meaning given by regulation 12(4) of the Road Traffic (Traffic Control) Regulations (Cap. 374 sub. leg. G);
prescribed time (訂明時間) has the meaning given by regulation 12(4) of the Road Traffic (Traffic Control) Regulations (Cap. 374 sub. leg. G).
(L.N. 64 of 2017)

13. Left-driving expressway: overtaking
(L.N. 64 of 2017)The driver of a motor vehicle on a left-driving expressway must not, without reasonable excuse, overtake any other vehicle or vehicles on the left-hand side of the vehicle or vehicles being overtaken except that— (L.N. 64 of 2017)
(a) where there is a traffic sign indicating that the traffic lanes diverge, the overtaking vehicle and the vehicle or vehicles being overtaken are proceeding towards different carriageways of the divergence; or
(b) the vehicle or vehicles being overtaken are stationary.

### Road Traffic (Expressway) Regulations 《道路交通(快速公路)規例》

13A. Right-driving expressway: overtaking
(1) The driver of a motor vehicle on a right-driving expressway must not, without reasonable excuse, overtake any other vehicle or vehicles on the right-hand side of the vehicle or vehicles being overtaken.
(2) Subregulation (1) does not apply if—
(a) where there is a traffic sign indicating that the traffic lanes diverge, the overtaking vehicle and the vehicle or vehicles being overtaken are proceeding towards different carriageways of the divergence; or
(b) the vehicle or vehicles being overtaken are stationary.
(L.N. 64 of 2017)

14. Power to place and vary traffic signs and road markings
(1) The Commissioner may cause or, by permit in writing, (which permit shall be subject to such conditions as the Commissioner thinks fit and are specified therein) permit to be erected or placed on or near an expressway—
(a) any traffic sign prescribed in Schedule 1; or
(b) any road marking prescribed in Schedule 2.
(2) The meaning of—
(a) a traffic sign prescribed in Schedule 1; or
(b) a road marking prescribed in Schedule 2,
shall be in accordance with its content and the note relating to the Figure of that sign or marking in the respective Schedule.
(3) The Commissioner may vary—
(a) any figures or the direction of any arrow on any traffic sign prescribed in Schedule 1; or
(b) any lines or the direction of any arrow on any road marking prescribed in Schedule 2,
to adapt the sign or the marking, as the case may be, to the particular circumstances of an expressway.
(4) The Commissioner may by the erection or placing of an appropriate sign revoke, amend or suspend the operation of any traffic sign erected or placed under subregulation (1).
(5) The Commissioner of Police may by the erection or placing of an appropriate sign amend or temporarily suspend the operation of any traffic sign erected or placed under subregulation (1) for a period not exceeding 72 hours.
(6) A traffic sign may, subject to subregulation (7), be of such material as will cause it to reflect light or be illuminated.
(7) No reflecting material shall be applied to any black part of a traffic sign.

15. Prohibition of advertisements
No person shall paint or affix or cause or permit to be painted or affixed any poster, placard, bill, advertisement or other similar matter on or over an expressway except with the written permission of the Commissioner.

### Road Traffic (Expressway) Regulations 《道路交通(快速公路)規例》

16. Closure
(1) Where in the opinion of the Commissioner it is necessary to close an expressway or any part of it to all or any particular kind of traffic, he may close the expressway or part of it to such traffic for such period as he may think necessary.
(2) A closure under subregulation (1) shall be indicated by a sign of the type shown in Figure No. 904 in Schedule 1 or a sign of the type shown in Figure No. 149 in Schedule 1 to the Road Traffic (Traffic Control) Regulations (Cap. 374 sub. leg. G) and a notice of such closure shall be published by the Commissioner as soon as reasonably practicable in the Gazette or in one issue of at least one English newspaper and one Chinese newspaper circulating in Hong Kong. (E.R. 1 of 2021)
(3) The closure of an expressway under subregulation (1) shall not apply to a vehicle in respect of which oral or written permission has been given by the Commissioner to use the closed expressway.
(4) Subject to subregulation (3), no person shall drive a vehicle on an expressway closed under subregulation (1).

17. Diversion and temporary closure
(1) The Commissioner or the Commissioner of Police may—
(a) cause all traffic or any particular kind of traffic on an expressway to be diverted at any time; and
(b) without publication of a notice under regulation 16(2), close an expressway or any part of it to all or any particular kind of traffic for any period not exceeding 72 hours.
(2) No person shall drive a vehicle on an expressway in contravention of subregulation (1).

18. Expressway works permit
The Director may, on application made to him in writing containing such particulars as he may require for the purpose of this regulation, issue an expressway works permit to authorize the applicant to carry out any expressway works.

19. Provision of signs, markings and lanterns
(1) The Director may direct that certain traffic signs, road markings or lanterns shall be provided and maintained by the Highways Department for the purpose of lighting, signing and guarding expressway works, and, in such a case, the person responsible shall pay to the Director such costs including reasonable administrative charges as the Director determines.
(2) Such costs may be recoverable by the Director from the person responsible as a civil debt.