HONG KONG AIRPORT (TRAFFIC) REGULATIONS

HONG KONG AIRPORT (TRAFFIC) REGULATIONS

HONG KONG AIRPORT (TRAFFIC) REGULATIONS

ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS

Regulation

1. Citation ...........
2.
3.

PART 1

CITATION, INTERPRETATION AND APPLICATION

.Page

....................................B 3
Interpretation .....................B 3
Exclusion of roads and private roads B 5

PART 11

CONTROL OF VEHICLES

4.......................................Use of vehicles in airport B 5
5.......................................Careless or dangerous driving, etc . B 5
6.......................................Director's power to move vehicle B 5

PART 111

DESIGNATION OF CAR PARKS

7. Designation of car parks
8. Parking spaces
9.
10.
11.
12.

Power of closure of car parks ...........................................................................
Offences when car park closed ..........................................................................
Keeping of register ...........................................................................................

PART IV

PUBLIC CAR PARKS

B 6
B 6
B 6
B 6
B 6
B7

13-16....................................(Repealed) B7
17.......................................Conduct of drivers at attended car park B 7
18.......................................Loss of ticket B 8

PART V

SPECIAL CAR PARKS

19.......................................Monthly passes B 8
20.......................................Display of monthly passes B 9
21.......................................Replacement of monthly passes B 9






22.......................................Transfer of monthly pass B 9
23. Offences....................................................................................................................
..........................................B 9





PART VI

CONDUCT IN C AR
PARKS

Offences by drivers ................B 10
Offences in car park ...............B 10
Repair of vehicles .................B 10
Limitation of liability ............Bil

PART VII

REMOVAL OF
VEHICLES

28. Director's power of removal of vehicles

PART VIII

REPORTING OF ACCIDENTS, IDENTIFICATION,
ETC.

29. Notification of accidents ..

........... B
11

Schedule 1...............................Fees for use of parking space in a public car park B 12
Schedule 2...............................Fees for use of special car parks B 13







HONG KONG AIRPORT (TRAFFIC) REGULATIONS

(Cap. 292, section 4)

[1 December 1967] L.N. 183 of 1967

L.N. 170 of 1967 L.N. 186 of 1973, L.N. 137 of 1975, L.N. 230 of 1979, L.N. 85 of 1983, L.N.
71 of 1984, L.N. 46 of 198 L.N. 100 of 1986, Rd. E. 1986, L.N. 55 of 1988, L.N. 18 of
1989, L.N. 62 of 1989

PART 1

CITATION, INTERPRETATION AND
APPLICATION

1. Citation

These regulations may be cited as the Hong Kong Airport (Traffic)

Regulations.

2. Interpretation

(1) In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires

,,authorized person' means a person authorized by the Director in writing for the
purposes of the Ordinance and any police officer;

'car park' means a place designated by the Director as a car park in accordance
with regulation 7;

'commercial vehicle' means a vehicle other than a private car; (L.N. 85 of
1983)

'monthly pass- means a pass issued in accordance with regulation 19;

'omnibus' means any motor vehicle constructed or adapted only for the carriage of
more than 9 passengers and their effects;

,,owner' includes the person in whose name a vehicle is registered and the person
by whom the vehicle is kept and used and, in relation to a vehicle which is the
subject of a hiring agreement or hire purchase agreement, means the person in
possession of the vehicle under that agreement;

'parking space' means a space delineated in a car park as a space in which a
vehicle may be parked or caused to wait;

car' means a motor vehicle constructed or adapted only for the carriage of the
driver and not more than 8 passengers and their personal effects; (L.N. 85
of 1983)

'private road' means a private road within the meaning of the Road Traffic

Ordinance (Cap. 374);(L.N. 18 of 1989)





'public car park' means a car park designated as a public car park under
regulation 7;
'register' means a register in such form as may be prescribed by the Director,
in which an authorized person shall enter the registration mark of vehicles
in accordance with regulation 12; (L.N. 85 of 1983)
'road' means a road within the meaning of the Road Traffic Ordinance (Cap.
374); (L.N. 18 of 1989)
'special car park' means a car park-
(a)designated as a car park for the use of tenants of premises in the
airport and their employees;
(b) for the use of hotels; or
(c) for the use of travel agents,
under regulation 7; (L.N. 85 of 1983)
'ticket' means-
(a)in Part IV, a ticket issued to the driver of a vehicle in accordance
with regulation 17(1); and
(b)in Part V, a ticket issued to the driver of a vehicle in accordance
with regulation 19(1); (L.N. 137 of 1975)
'travel agent' means any person carrying on a business in Hong Kong which
consists, either wholly or in part, in organizing and conducting tours for or
in supplying guides to visitors in Hong Kong, and any person whose
business consists, either wholly or in part, in providing, or arranging the
provision of, services for visitors to Hong Kong by way of transport or
accommodation, whether or not such service is provided within Hong
Kong, and includes the agent of any such person; (L.N. 85 of 1983)
,'vehicle' means any vehicle whether mechanically propelled or otherwise
intended or adapted for use on roads but does not include a perambulator
or any conveyance for use solely on railways or tramways. (L.N. 137 of
1975)
(2) A vehicle owned by a tenant of premises in the airport shall, for
the purposes of Part V, be deemed to be a commercial vehicle. (L.N. 85 of
1983)
(3) A vehicle that would otherwise be a commercial vehicle shall, for the
purposes of Part V, be deemed to be a private car if the Director is satisfied that
it is-

(a)owned by the employee of a tenant of premises in the airport or
by the spouse of such employee;
(b)used in the airport by that employee only for the carriage of that
employee and not more than 8 passengers and their personal
effects; and
(c)used for the private purposes of that employee. (L.N. 85 of
1983)





3. Exclusion of roads and private roads

These regulations shall not apply to-
(a) any road within the airport; or

(b)any private road within the airport except a private road specified in a
notice under section 116 of the Road Traffic Ordinance (Cap. 374) as
a private road to which Part XIII of that Ordinance shall not apply.

(L.N. 18 of 1989)

PART 11

CONTROL OF
VEHICLES

4. Use of vehicles in airport

(1) No person shall, without the permission of the Director or an authorized
person

(a)drive a vehicle within the airport elsewhere than in a place provided
for the passage or accommodation of such a vehicle;

(b)take a vehicle into a hangar within the airport used for the
maintenance or storage of aircraft; or

(c)park any vehicle or cause or permit any vehicle to be parked or
remain within the airport elsewhere than in the appropriate car park or
the appropriate parking space provided for that purpose.

(2) Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of subregulation (1)
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $500.

5. Careless or dangerous driving, etc.

Any person who within the airport drives or places a vehicle carelessly or
dangerously or without due consideration for persons using the airport or who fails
to comply with any traffic sign or notice erected by the Director or by the
Commissioner of Police, or who fails to comply with any direction for the regulation
of traffic given by an authorized person, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be
liable on conviction to a fine of $500.

6. Director's power to move vehicle

The Director or any authorized person may move within the airport any vehicle
which in his opinion constitutes a danger or an obstruction.





PART 111

DESIGNATION OF CAR
PARKS

7. Designation of car parks

(1) The Director may designate any place within the airport as a car park and
may designate any car park as

(a)a public car park for the use of vehicles driven by any member of the
public; or

(b)a car park for the use of tenants of premises in the airport and their
employees; or

(c) a car park for the use of hotels; or (L.N. 137 of 1975)

(d) a car park for the use of travel agents.

(2) The Director may cancel or vary any such designation.

8. Parking spaces

The Director may cause a car park to be divided in such manner as he thinks fit
into parking spaces.

9. Signs

The Director may cause to be erected at, in or outside any car park such signs
as he considers necessary for the regulation of parking therein, and in particular
signs indicating the place where vehicles may enter and leave the car park, and the
type or class of vehicle permitted to be parked in the car park or the particular class
of persons who may use the car park.

10. Power of closure of car parks

(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of these regulations, the Director may
close

(a) a public car park for any period of time; and

(b) any other car park for a period not exceeding 24 hours.

(2) The Director shall forthwith cause to be displayed within the airport a
notice of any closure made under subregulation (1).

11. Offences when car park closed

(1) No person shall park any vehicle or cause or permit any vehicle to be
parked or remain in a car park during any period when the car park is closed under
regulation 10(1).





(2) Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of subregulation (1)
shall be guilty of an ofrence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $500.

12. Keeping of register

(1) At 8 o'clock each morning an authorized person on duty in a car park, other
than a car park for the use of vehicles in respect of which monthly passes are
issued, shall enter in a register the registration mark of every vehicle in the car park
at such time and shall date and sign such register.

(2) The register shall be retained at the car park for not less than 2 months from
the date thereof.

(3) In the calculation of any fees payable under these regulations, such register
completed and signed by an authorized person shall be prima facie evidence that the
vehicles whose registration marks are recorded in the register were in the car park at
the date and time set forth on the register.

(L.N. 137 of 1975; L.N. 230 of 1979; L.N. 85 of 1983)

PART IV

PUBLIC CAR PARKS

13-16. (Repealed L.N. 137 of 1975)

17. Conduct of drivers at attended car park

(1) No person shall park a vehicle in a public car park until he has been issued
by an authorized person with a ticket bearing the date on which and the time at
which the vehicle entered the public car park.

(2) Subject to regulation 28, the driver, to whom a ticket has been issued in
accordance with the provisions of subregulation (1) shall retain the ticket referred to
in subregulation (1) and on the return to the car park of the driver, or any other
person who produces such ticket with the authority of the driver, to remove the
motor vehicle, such person shall present the ticket at such place as shall be
provided, at which place the ticket shall be marked with the time of presentation and
the fee, calculated at the appropriate hourly rate prescribed in Schedule 1, incurred
between that time and the time of entry marked on the ticket and, on demand, such
person shall pay such fee. (L.N. 100 of 1986)

(3) Subject to regulation 28, after the person has paid the fee in accordance
with the provisions of subregulation (2) he shall remove the motor vehicle from the
car park as soon as is practicable thereafter and in any case





within 15 minutes of the latest time marked on the ticket and, on leaving the car park,
shall surrender the upper half of his ticket or of his replacement ticket issued in
accordance with the provisions of regulation 18 to an authorized person at the exit
from the car park:

Provided that if the motor vehicle is not removed from the car park within 15
minutes of the latest time marked on the ticket, it shall not be permitted to be
removed until a further payment at the appropriate hourly rate prescribed in
Schedule 1 for each hour or part of an hour shall have been paid for all time in
excess of such period of 15 minutes during which the motor vehicle has been
permitted to remain in the car park.

(4) Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of this regulation shall
be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $500.

(L.N. 137 of 1975; L.N. 85 of 1983)

18. Loss of ticket

If at any time any person wishes to remove a vehicle from a public car park but
is unable to produce the ticket issued in respect of such vehicle, he may remove
such vehicle if he satisfies an authorized person that such a ticket was issued to him
or that he is authorized to remove such vehicle by the person to whom the ticket
was issued, provided that he shall pay the fee for a replacement ticket calculated at
the appropriate hourly rate as prescribed in Schedule 1 from the time the vehicle
entered the public car park, as shown on the ticket stub retained in the public car
park.

(L.N. 85 of 1983)

PART V

SPECIAL CAR PARKS

19. Monthly passes

(1) On payment of the appropriate fee prescribed in Schedule 2, the Director
may issue to any employee of a tenant of premises in the airport a monthly pass for
a private car in such form as the Director may determine.

(2) On payment of the appropriate fee prescribed in Schedule 2, the Director
may issue to any hotel, travel agent or tenant of premises in the airport or his
employee a monthly pass for a commercial vehicle, in such form as the Director may
determine.

(3) A monthly pass shall expire on the last day of the month in respect of which
it is issued.

(L.N. 230 of 1979; L.N. 85 of 1983)





20. Display of monthly passes

(1) A monthly pass shall entitle the driver of the motor vehicle described in the
monthly pass to park that vehicle at any time during the currency of the monthly
pass in such car park as is set forth in the monthly pass if space is available in such
car park for the due parking of the vehicle.

(2) The driver of a vehicle in respect of which a pass has been issued shall
cause to be displayed on the left-hand side of the wind-screen of the vehicle the
monthly pass at all times when the motor vehicle is in a car park by virtue of such
monthly pass.

(3) Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of this regulation shall
be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $500.

(L.N. 230 of 1979)

21. Replacement of monthly passes

If a monthly pass has been lost, destroyed or accidentally defaced, the Director
may, on application and on payment of a fee of $2, issue a duplicate monthly pass.

(L.N. 230 of 1979)

22. Transfer of monthly pass

The Director may, on application and on payment of a fee of $2, amend a
monthly pass to enable it to be issued in respect of the vehicle specified in the
application instead of the vehicle specified in such pass.

(L.N. 230 of 1979)

23. offences

(1) No person shall park any vehicle or cause or permit any vehicle to be parked
or remain in a car park designated for the use of tenants of premises in the airport
and their employees or a car park designated for the use of hotels and travel agents
unless there is displayed on the vehicle a valid monthly pass issued in respect of
such vehicle for the car park in which the vehicle is parked.

(2) In the event of a contravention of any of the provisions of this regulation
the owner of the vehicle shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on
conviction to a fine of $500.

(L.N. 137 of 1975; L.N. 230 of 1979; L.N. 85 of 1983)





PART VI

CONDUCT IN CAR
PARKS

24. Offences by drivers

(1) The driver of a vehicle in a car park shall comply with all lawful directions
given to him by any authorized person.

(2) When a vehicle has been parked in a car park, the driver and all passengers
shall leave the car park as soon as is practicable thereafter by such means of exit
from the car park as is indicated by signs erected under regulation 9.

(3) The driver of a vehicle in a car park shall, when so requested, give his name
and address to any authorized person.

(4) No person shall sound a warning instrument in a car park.

(5) No person shall park a vehicle in a car park in such a manner that the
vehicle unnecessarily projects over any line or other mark which divides the parking
space in which the vehicle is parked from any other parking space or from any other
part of the car park.

(6) Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of this regulation shall
be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $500.

(L.N. 85 of 1983)

25. Offences in car park

(1) No person other than

(a) a person employed at a car park in the course of his duties;

(b)a person driving a vehicle into a car park or a person entering a car
park to remove a vehicle therefrom;

(c)a passenger in a vehicle entering a car park or a person intending to
leave the car park as a passenger in a vehicle; or

(d) an authorized person,

shall enter a car park without the permission of the authorized person on duty
at the entrance to the car park. (L.N. 85 of 1983)

(2) Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of subregulation (1)
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $500.

26. Repair of vehicles

(1) No person shall carry out on any vehicle in a car park any maintenance or
repair or be in any car park for the purpose of carrying out such maintenance or
repair:





Provided that it shall be a good defence to any proceedings under this
regulation to prove that such maintenance or repair was necessary to enable the
vehicle to be removed from the car park.

(2) Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of this regulation shall
be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $500.

27. Limitation of liability

The Government shall not be responsible for nor shall accept any liability in
respect of

(a)any damage caused to a vehicle in a car park or caused to a vehicle
which is being or which has been removed from a car park under the
provisions of regulation 28; or

(b) any injury or damage to any person or thing in a car park.

PART VII

REMOVAL OF
VEHICLES

28. Director's power of removal of vehicles

(1) The Airport General Manager or any person authorized in writing by him
may request a police officer not below the rank of inspector to remove any vehicle
from the airport which has been parked or allowed to remain within the airport

(a) in contravention of any of the provisions of regulation 4(1)(c); or

(b) in a public car park for more than 7 days, and upon receipt of such
request such police officer may cause such vehicle to be removed from the airport.

(2) Any vehicle removed from a car park under subregulation (1) may be
detained by the Commissioner of Police until either

(a)there is paid to the Commissioner of Police a removal charge of $110
and a storage charge of $35 for every day after the second day
during which the vehicle is detained and any parking fees incurred in
respect of the period during which the vehicle was parked or allowed
to remain prior to the removal therefrom; or (L.N. 85 of 1983)

(b)the vehicle is released by order of a court or magistrate in accordance
with subregulation (3).

(3) Where a vehicle is detained in accordance with the provisions of this
regulation and proceedings have been taken in respect of the offence by reason of
which the vehicle was removed away, the court or magistrate in such proceedings
may order that the vehicle be released and by such order may





require that the appropriate removal and storage charge be paid to the
Commissioner of Police before the vehicle is released.

(4) When a vehicle is detained in accordance with the provisions of this
regulation, the Commissioner of Police shall, if the name and address of such owner
is known to him, give notice in writing to its owner of the detention, and if such
vehicle is not claimed by the owner within 3 months of the date of its detention the
Commissioner of Police may sell by public auction or otherwise dispose of such
vehicle and may apply the proceeds, if any, from the sale or disposal of the vehicle

(a)in payment of any parking fees incurred in respect of the period
during which the vehicle was parked or allowed to remain in a car
park; and

(b)in payment of any removal charge, storage charges and charges, if
any, incurred in respect of the sale by public auction of the vehicle,

and any balance remaining thereof shall be transferred to the general revenue of
Hong Kong at the expiry of 12 months from the date of such sale or disposal if not
previously claimed by a person who satisfies the Commissioner of Police that he
was the owner of the vehicle at the time it was removed from the airport. (L.N. 85 of
1983)

(L.N. 137 of 1975)

PART VIII

REPORTING OF ACCIDENTS, IDENTIFICATION,
ETC.

29. Notification of accidents

Any person who, being the driver of a vehicle which is involved in an accident
within the airport, fails forthwith to stop and give his name and address and the
name and address of the owner of the vehicle to the Director or to an authorized
person shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of
$500.

SCHEDULE 1

FEES FOR USE OF PARKING SPACE in a PUBLIC CAR
PARK

Item

Period [reg. 17]

Fee

............

1. For the 1st and 2nd hours .... .. ....................... $7.00 per hour or part
thereof.


2. For every hour after the 2nd hour..............................
$14.00 per hour or
part thereof.

(L.N. 62 of 1989)





Item
SCHEDULE 2 [reg. 19]

FEES FOR Use OF SPECIAL CAR PARKS

Type of vehicle
Period of pass
1 . Private car Monthly Fee $650
2. Commercial Monthly
$850 (L.N. 62 of 1989)

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