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

20. Persons and vehicles in connection with expressway works
(1) Any person (other than a relevant person within the meaning of section 125(7) of the Ordinance) who carries out expressway works and any vehicle used in connection therewith shall comply with the conditions specified in Schedule 3 in addition to any condition contained in the expressway works permit.
(2) Any relevant person (within the meaning of section 125(7) of the Ordinance) who, without an expressway works permit, carries out any expressway works which comprise only inspections, investigations or surveys in respect of an expressway and any vehicle used in connection therewith shall comply with the conditions specified in Schedule 4.
(3) The Director, the Commissioner or the Commissioner of Police may exempt any person or vehicle referred to in subregulation (1) or (2) from the conditions specified in Schedule 3 or 4.

21. Display of expressway works permit
(1) Subject to subregulation (2), where an expressway works permit has been issued, the person responsible for the expressway works shall display the permit or a copy of the permit in some conspicuous place in, or in the vicinity of, the works area.
(2) Subregulation (1) shall not apply where the expressway works are being carried out from, or by means of, a vehicle, but, in such a case, the driver of the vehicle shall have with him the permit or a copy of the permit and shall immediately produce it for inspection if so requested by the Director or a police officer in uniform.

22. General exemptions
These regulations shall not apply to a person—
(a) engaged in the driving or stopping of any vehicle for fire services, ambulance, or police purposes if compliance with the regulations is likely to hinder the use of the vehicle for any of those purposes; or
(b) complying with any direction given by a police officer in uniform.

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

23. Exemptions in connection with expressway works, inspection, breakdown, etc.
(1) Regulation 4 shall not apply to—
(a) a person or a vehicle carrying out expressway works in a works area under and in accordance with an expressway works permit; or
(b) a relevant person or vehicle referred to in regulation 20(2).
(2) Regulations 7, 9 and 10 shall not apply to —
(a) a person or a vehicle carrying out expressway works in a works area under and in accordance with an expressway works permit;
(b) a relevant person or vehicle referred to in regulation 20(2);
(c) a person removing a vehicle from any part of the expressway; or
(d) a person obtaining or giving help required as a result of an accident or in an emergency.
(3) Regulations 8, 11(2) and 11A(2) do not apply to any vehicle within a works area where the boundaries of the works area are marked or delineated to indicate that it is not open to general traffic. (L.N. 64 of 2017)

24. Particular exemptions
(1) The Commissioner may by notice in the Gazette—
(a) authorize the use of any part of an expressway by any particular kind of traffic not otherwise permitted under regulation 4, 6 or 7 for such period and subject to such conditions as he may think necessary; or
(b) suspend the application of any provision of regulation 9 to any part of an expressway for such period as he may think necessary.
(2) Subject to subregulation (3), the Commissioner may, by notice in the Gazette, suspend the application of any provision of regulation 4, 7, 8 or 10 to any person or vehicle on any part of an expressway for such period as he may think necessary.
(3) The Commissioner or the Commissioner of Police may at any time and without notice suspend the application of any provision of regulation 4, 7, 8 or 10 to any person or vehicle on any part of an expressway for a period not exceeding 72 hours.

25. Failure to comply with traffic signs and road markings
Subject to regulation 22(a) or (b), no driver of a motor vehicle on an expressway shall fail to comply with the requirement indicated by—
(a) a traffic sign of the type shown in any of the Figure Nos. 903 to 906 inclusive in Schedule 1; or
(b) a road marking of the type shown in the Figure No. 952 in Schedule 2.

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

26. Offences and penalties
(1) Any person who without reasonable excuse contravenes any of the provisions of, or any requirement imposed on him under, regulation 4(1), 5, 6, 7, 8, 9(1), (3) or (4), 10, 11(2), 11A(2), 12(1), 12A(1), 13, 13A(1), 15, 16(4), 17(2), 20(1) or (2), 21(1) or 25 commits an offence and is liable on first conviction to a fine at level 2 and imprisonment for 3 months and on second or subsequent conviction to a fine at level 3 and imprisonment for 6 months. (L.N. 64 of 2017; E.R. 1 of 2021)
(2) For the purposes of subregulation (1), where a vehicle to which regulation 20(1) or (2) applies fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with the conditions specified in Schedule 3 or Schedule 4, as the case may be, the driver of that vehicle commits an offence.

27. Saving for other enactments
Unless otherwise provided in these regulations or another enactment, these regulations shall be in addition to, and shall not derogate from, the provisions of any other enactment relating to the regulation of road traffic or the use of vehicles or roads.

28. Amendment of Schedules
The Secretary may, by order published in the Gazette, amend Schedule 1, 2, 3 or 4.
(L.N. 106 of 2002; L.N. 130 of 2007; 6 of 2012 s. 2)

29. (Omitted as spent—E.R. 2 of 2012) 

### Road Traffic (Village Vehicles) Regulations 《道路交通(鄉村車輛)規例》

1. Citation
These regulations may be cited as the Road Traffic (Village Vehicles) Regulations.

2. Interpretation
In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—
permit (許可證) means a permit issued under regulation 4 in respect of a village vehicle;
vehicle examiner (驗車主任) means a person appointed as a vehicle examiner under regulation 19.

3. Application
(1) Except as provided in subregulation (2) these regulations shall not apply to Government village vehicles.
(2) Regulations 16 and 18 (except regulation 18(1) and (2)) shall apply to and in relation to Government village vehicles and for the purpose of proceedings for an offence in connection with any such vehicle against any person other than the driver of the vehicle the person nominated in that behalf by the Government department in whose service the vehicle is used shall be deemed to be the person actually responsible unless it is shown to the satisfaction of the court or magistrate that only the driver was responsible.