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Chapter: | 374E
 | Title: | Road Traffic (Registration and Licensing of Vehicles) Regulations | Gazette Number: | E.R. 2 of 2012 |
| Regulation: | 49 | Heading: | Closed road permits | Version Date: | 02/08/2012 |
(1) Any person who wishes to drive a motor vehicle, or wishes a motor vehicle to be driven, on a road closed in accordance with the Road Traffic (Traffic Control) Regulations (Cap 374 sub. leg. G) (hereinafter in this regulation referred to as a closed road) may apply to the Commissioner for a closed road permit and the Commissioner may issue such a permit subject to such conditions and in respect of such period as the Commissioner may think fit.
(1A) A closed road permit may be issued to the holder of a trade licence for use in connection with the trade licence in relation to any vehicle that is in the possession of the holder in the course of the holder¡¦s business as a manufacturer or repairer of or dealer in vehicles. (L.N. 88 of 2012)
(1B) Without affecting subregulation (1), a closed road permit issued under subregulation (1A) is subject to the conditions specified in subregulations (1C) and (1D). (L.N. 88 of 2012)
(1C) A closed road permit issued under subregulation (1A) may be used only for driving¡X
- (a) an unregistered non-left-hand drive vehicle in the course of delivery to a motor dealer or exhibitor;
(b) an unregistered non-left-hand drive vehicle to or from a place outside Hong Kong for the purpose of repairing or presale retrofitting the vehicle; or
(c) an unregistered left-hand drive vehicle to a port or boundary control point for the purpose of re-export to a place outside Hong Kong. (L.N. 88 of 2012)
(2) No closed road permit shall be valid for more than 12 months. (L.N. 52 of 2007)
(3) No fee is to be charged for the issue of a closed road permit except¡X
- (a) for a permit issued under subregulation (1) in respect of a closed road in Lantau;
(b) for a permit issued under subregulation (1) to a person who wishes to drive a motor vehicle to which the permit relates out of Hong Kong on a closed road; or
(c) for a permit issued under subregulation (1A). (L.N. 88 of 2012)
- (a) in the case of an application for a closed road permit valid for 12 months, the appropriate closed road permit fee prescribed in Schedule 2; or
(b) in the case of an application for a closed road permit valid for less than 12 months, a fee equal to one-twelfth of the fee referred to in paragraph (a) multiplied by the number of months for which the permit is sought, any part of a month counting as one month. (L.N. 96 of 1985)