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(Cap 374, section 9) [25 August 1984] L.N. 297 of 1984 (L.N. 286 of 1983) _______________________________________________________________________________ Notes: * 1. The operation of these Regulations is affected by the transitional provisions contained in s. 3 of L.N. 113 of 1998, which section is reproduced as follows- "3. Transitional (1) The provisions as amended by this Regulation shall, from the commencement of this Regulation, apply to buses, light buses, goods vehicles, special purpose vehicles and trailers registered on or after 1 June 1998. (2) The provisions as amended by this Regulation shall, from a day to be appointed by the Commissioner by notice in the Gazette, apply to buses, light buses, goods vehicles, special purpose vehicles and trailers, registered before 1 June 1998. (3) A notice under subsection (2) may fix different days for different provisions as amended by this Regulation to apply in respect of different vehicles and different notices may fix different days for different circumstances in respect of different vehicles.". 2. L.N. 113 of 1998 came into operation on 20 February 1998. Cap 374A reg 1 Citation PART I PRELIMINARY (1) These regulations may be cited as the Road Traffic (Construction and Maintenance of Vehicles) Regulations (Spent words omitted). (2) (Omitted as spent) Cap 374A reg 2 Interpretation In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires- "agricultural implement" (农具) means an agricultural implement or agricultural machine, being in either case a vehicle; "agricultural tractor" (农业用拖拉机) means a motor vehicle which is designed or adapted for use primarily in agriculture and which is not used on a road for the conveyance of any goods other than agricultural produce or articles required for the purposes of agriculture; "agricultural trailer" (农业用拖车) means a trailer other than an agricultural trailed appliance, which is constructed or adapted for the purpose of agriculture, horticulture or forestry and which is only used for one or more of those purposes; (L.N. 203 of 1990) "air pollutant" (空气污染物) has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Air Pollution Control Ordinance (Cap 311); (L.N. 160 of 2000) "articulated vehicle" (挂接车辆) means a motor vehicle with a trailer so attached that part of the trailer is superimposed upon the motor vehicle, and when the trailer is uniformly loaded a substantial part of the weight of the load is borne by the motor vehicle; "Authority" (监督) has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Air Pollution Control Ordinance (Cap 311); (L.N. 160 of 2000) "axle weight" (车轴重量), in relation to each axle of a motor vehicle or trailer, means the sum of the weights transmitted to the road surface by all the wheels of that axle; and in counting the number of axles and in determining the sum of the weights transmitted to the road surface by any one axle of a vehicle, where the centres of the areas of contact between all the wheels and the road surface can be included between any 2 vertical planes at right angles to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle less than one metre apart, those wheels shall be treated as constituting one axle; (L.N. 218 of 1984) "braking efficiency" (制动效能), in relation to the application of brakes to a motor vehicle at any time, means the maximum braking force capable of being developed by the application of those brakes, expressed as a percentage of the gross vehicle weight of the vehicle; "close-coupled" (紧耦合), in relation to a trailer, means that the wheels on the same side of the trailer are so fitted that all times while it is in motion they remain parallel to the longitudinal axis of the trailer, and that the distance between the centres of their respective areas of contact with the road surface does not exceed 850 millimetres; "combination of vehicles" (组合式车辆) means coupled vehicles which travel on the road as a unit; "compression-ignition engine" (压燃式引擎) means an engine in which the fuel is injected into the cylinders or combustion space of the engine and is there ignited during normal running solely by the heat of compression of the cylinder charge; "1926 Convention" (1926年国际公约) and "1949 Convention" (1949年国际公约) have the meanings assigned to them by regulation 2 of the Road Traffic (Registration and Licensing of Vehicles) Regulations (Cap. 374 sub. leg. E); (L.N. 258 of 1984) "deck" (层、车厢地板) means a floor or platform of a vehicle upon which seats are provided for the accommodation of passengers; "dipped beam" (低光) means a beam of light emitted by a headlamp carried on a vehicle, being a beam which is deflected downwards or both downwards and to the left to such an extent that it is at all times incapable of dazzling any person who is on the same horizontal plane as the vehicle at a greater distance than 8 metres from the headlamp and whose eye-level is not less than one metre above that plane; |