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Chapter: | 374D
![]() | Title: | ROAD TRAFFIC (PUBLIC SERVICE VEHICLES) REGULATIONS | Gazette Number: | L.N. 219 of 2008 |
| Regulation: | 2 | Heading: | Interpretation | Version Date: | 30/11/2008 |
(1) In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires-
"authorized person" (獲授權人) means any employee of a licensee on duty on or in connection with a vehicle;
"chargeable amount" (應收款額) means the amount of fares chargeable under Schedule 5, but does not include any amount chargeable under item 4 of that Schedule; (L.N. 219 of 2008)
"cross-harbour taxi stand" (過海的士站) means a taxi stand designated as a cross-harbour taxi stand under regulation 30; (L.N. 236 of 1995)
"hirer" (租用人) includes a person intending to seek hire;
"licensee" (持證人) means a person who is the holder of a valid passenger service licence;
"parking" (泊車、停泊) , subject to subregulation (2), means the standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except when standing temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading or picking up or setting down passengers;
"printing" (打印) includes any electronic or mechanical mode of representing words in a visible form; (L.N. 149 of 1997)
"public light bus stand" (公共小巴站) means an area of road designated as a public light bus stand under regulation 29 or 31;
"public light bus stopping place" (公共小巴停車處) means an area of road designated as a public light bus stopping place under regulation 28 or 31;
"receipt printing device" (收據打印設備), in relation to a taxi, means the device installed in respect of the taxi in accordance with regulation 42A of the Road Traffic (Construction and Maintenance of Vehicles) Regulations (Cap 374 sub. leg. A); (L.N. 149 of 1997)
"scheduled service" (專綫服務) means a service of one or more vehicles authorized under a passenger service licence and limited by the conditions of such licence to specified routes;
"taxi stand" (的士站) means an area of road designated as a taxi stand under regulation 30 or 31.
(2) Notwithstanding the definition of "parking" (泊車、停泊) in subregulation (1), a vehicle shall be deemed not to be parked for the purposes of these regulations where it is prevented from proceeding by breakdown or other circumstances beyond the driver's control, and all reasonable steps are taken to minimize any obstruction and effect the removal of the vehicle as soon as possible.