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TAI LAM TUNNEL
AND YUEN LONG APPROACH ROAD BYLAW (Extract)
(Made by Route 3 (CPS) Company Limited under section
26 of the Tai Lam Tunnel and Yuen Long Approach Road
Ordinance (Cap. 474))
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| Traffic
Control |
| Section
4 |
Control
of traffic |
| Section
6 |
Directions
of toll area control officers to be obeyed |
| Section 8 |
Lane changing |
| Section 11 |
Use of vehicle lights
in tunnel |
| Section 12 |
Traffic confined to the
nearside lane and/or middle lane in tunnel |
| Section 15 |
Vehicles, etc., causing
obstruction |
| Tolls |
| Section
16 |
Liability
of tolls |
| Section
17 |
Payment
of tolls |
| Section 18 |
Automatic toll collection
facilities |
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Traffic
Control
| 4. |
Control of traffic
All persons in the toll area shall be subject
to the control and direction of toll area control
officers. |
| 6. |
Directions of
toll area control officers to be obeyed
All persons in the toll area shall comply with
the directions given by a toll area control officer
in the course of his duty relating to the management
of the toll area or the control, restriction and
safety of traffic. |
| 8. |
Lane changing
The driver of a vehicle shall not, unless authorized
to do so by a toll area control officer or by
a traffic sign, cause or permit his vehicle or
any part of it to be on or over or to cross the
continuous double white lines dividing the tunnel
area and the toll area into lanes. |
| 11. |
Use of vehicle
lights in tunne
Dipped headlights shall always be used inside
the tunnel and no headlights illuminated on main
beam shall be allowed. |
| 12. |
Traffic confined
to the nearside lane and/or middle lane in tunnel
| (1) |
A goods vehicle
having a permitted gross vehicle weight
in excess of 5.5 tonnes shall, except when
otherwise directed by a toll area control
officer, be driven only in the nearside
lane or middle lane inside the tunnel. |
| (2) |
The following
vehicles shall, except when otherwise directed
by a toll area control officer, be driven
only in the nearside lane inside the tunnel
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(a) a bus;
(b) a vehicle requiring a permit under section
21;
(c) a vehicle to which section 22 applies;
or
(d) a vehicle towing another vehicle. |
| (3) |
In subsection
(1) "goods vehicles" ( ³f ¨® ) has the same
meaning as in the Road Traffic Ordinance
(Cap. 374). |
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| 15. |
Vehicles, etc.,
causing obstruction
| (1) |
A vehicle
or thing causing obstruction may be towed
away or removed by a toll area control officer
at the risk and expense of its owner, and
may be detained and stored by the Company. |
| (2) |
The Company
may recover from the owner of such vehicle
or thing such charge in respect of its towage
or removal and storage as may be fixed from
time to time by the Company with the approval
in writing of the Commissioner. |
| (3) |
A list of
the charges fixed by the Company under subsection
(2) may be published by the Company in such
manner as it thinks fit. |
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Tolls
| 16. |
Liability for
tolls
The owner or the driver of a vehicle in respect
of which a toll is payable is liable to pay the
toll in respect of the passage of the vehicle
through the toll area. |
| 17. |
Payment of tolls
| (1) |
Subject to
subsection (2), no person shall drive a
vehicle past - |
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| (a) |
a toll
booth which is not an autotoll booth
unless he - |
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- stops and pays to the
toll collector on duty at the
booth the appropriate toll for
the vehicle; or
- stops and tenders to
the toll collector on duty at
the booth such toll ticket as
may be provided by the Company
appropriate to the vehicle;
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| (b) |
an
autotoll booth unless the appropriate
toll for the vehicle is paid by debiting
the account of the holder of an electronic
pass opened with the Company or its
agent under section 18(3). |
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| (2) |
Subsection
(1) shall not apply to a vehicle of the
kind mentioned in section 3 (2), but the
toll payable in respect of such a vehicle
may be paid in such a manner as may be agreed
in writing between the Company and the Commissioner
from time to time. |
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| 18. |
Automatic toll
collection facilities
| (1) |
The Company
may cause or permit the installation of
such automatic toll collection facilities
as the Commissioner may approve at any toll
booth for the purpose of collecting the
toll payable for the passage of a vehicle
through the toll area and may also cause
or permit the installation of such ancillary
facilities as the Commissioner may approve. |
| (2) |
The Company
may, with the written approval of the Commissioner,
by erecting traffic signs, designate a lane
and toll booth to be an autotoll lane and
an autotoll booth as the case may be. |
| (3) |
An electronic
pass may be issued by the Company or its
agent to a person who opens an account with
the Company or its agent for the payment
of the toll appropriate to the passage through
the toll area of the description of vehicle
in respect of which the electronic pass
is to be issued. |
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Prohibited
and Restricted Traffic
| 20. |
Vehicles
prohibited
| (1) |
A person
shall not drive or cause or permit to be
driven, or cause to remain - |
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| (a) |
in
the tunnel area - |
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- a vehicle which is not
carrying sufficient fuel in its
fuel tank or water or the batteries
of which are insufficiently charged
to enable it to be driven through
the tunnel unaided;
- a vehicle with a load,
or the cover of a load, which
is not properly secured so as
to prevent any part of the load
or that cover from falling off
the vehicle or otherwise coming
into contact with any part of
the tunnel (including any fittings
or fixtures); or
- a vehicle which will
or is likely to come into contact
with any part of the tunnel (including
any fittings or fixtures);
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| (b) |
within
the toll area (including the tunnel
area) - |
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- a vehicle other than
a motor vehicle and an articulated
vehicle;
- a motor assisted pedal-cycle;
- a vehicle with an engine
the total cylinder capacity of
which does not exceed 125 cubic
centimetres;
- a vehicle with a tyre
that is defective or not properly
inflated;
- a tracked vehicle travelling
on its tracks;
- a vehicle carrying a
person standing on the outside
of the vehicle or seated with
any part of his body overhanging
the sides or rear of the vehicle;
- a vehicle carrying animals
or poultry not properly controlled
or confined, or carrying a load
which is not sufficiently covered;
- a vehicle that is emitting
or is likely to emit excessive
fumes or smoke;
- a tanker vehicle with
a spigot or other part that is
leaking;
- a vehicle in which the
driver's view to the front or
sides is or could readily be obscured;
- a vehicle being driven
by a person who is under the influence
of drink or drugs to such an extent
as to be incapable of having proper
control of the vehicle;
- a vehicle that is likely
to endanger persons or property
or render the use of the toll
area unsafe;
- a vehicle being driven
by a person under a learner's
driving licence as defined in
the Road Traffic Ordinance (Cap. 374); (23 of 2008s.71)
- a vehicle carrying any
of the goods specified in Category
1 of the Schedule to the Dangerous
Goods (Application and Exemption)
Regulations (Cap. 295 sub. leg.A);
- a vehicle carrying any
of the goods specified in Category
2 of the Schedule to the Dangerous
Goods (Application and Exemption)
Regulations (Cap. 295 sub. leg.A)
unless there is a quantity specified
in relation to such goods in the
second column of the Table to
regulation 74 of the Dangerous
Goods (General ) Regulations (Cap.
295 sub. leg.B) and the goods carried
do not exceed that quantity;
- without prejudice to
subparagraph (xv), a vehicle carrying
any cylinders as defined in regulation
61 of the Dangerous Goods (General)
Regulations (Cap. 295 sub. leg.B),
used or to be used for the storage
of any compressed gas specified
in Category 2 of the Schedule
to the Dangerous Goods (Application
and Exemption) Regulations (Cap.
295 sub. leg.A), whether or not
such cylinders contain any quantity
of such gas;
- a vehicle carrying any
of the goods specified in Category
5 of the Schedule to the Dangerous
Goods (Application and Exemption)
Regulations (Cap. 295 sub. leg.A),
unless there is a quantity specified
in relation to such goods in the
seventh or, where no such quantity
is there specified, in the eighth
column of the Table to regulation
99 of the Dangerous Goods (General)
Regulations (Cap. 295 sub. leg.B)
and the goods carried do not exceed
that quantity;
- without prejudice to
subparagraph (xvii), a vehicle constructed
or adapted for the conveyance,
or a vehicle carrying a container
used or to be used for the storage,
of goods specified in Category
5 of the Schedule to the Dangerous
Goods (Application and Exemption)
Regulations (Cap. 295 sub. leg.A),
whether or not such vehicle or
container contains any quantity
of such goods; or
- a vehicle that does not
conform to the requirements of
the Road Traffic (Construction
and Maintenance of Vehicles) Regulations
(Cap. 374 sub. leg.A).
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| (2) |
This section
shall not prohibit - |
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| (a) |
the
conveyance in the tunnel of fuel which
is being carried in the fuel tank
of a vehicle for the purpose only
of the propulsion of the vehicle;
or |
| (b) |
in
the case of a vehicle carrying in
its fuel tank petroleum spirit for
the purpose only of its propulsion,
the conveyance in the tunnel by the
vehicle of petroleum spirit, up to
a maximum of 20 litres in securely
closed cans, which is being carried
on the vehicle for such purpose. |
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| 21. |
Vehicles
requiring permits
| (1) |
No person
shall drive any of the following vehicles
into the toll area unless he is in possession
of a permit issued in writing in respect
of that vehicle by the General Manager and
such entry is in accordance with that permit
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| (a) |
a vehicle
the height of which (including load)
exceeds 4.6 metres; |
| (b) |
a rigid
vehicle the length of which exceeds
12 metres; |
| (c) |
an
articulated vehicle the length of
which exceeds 16 metres; |
| (d) |
a vehicle,
other than a trailer, the load of
which extends forward more than 1.5
metres from the foremost part of the
vehicle; |
| (e) |
a vehicle
the load of which extends backward
more than 1.4 metres behind the rearmost
part of the vehicle; |
| (f) |
a vehicle
with a wheel-load exceeding 4.5 tonnes
or an axle load exceeding 11 tonnes; |
| (g) |
a vehicle
or trailer in respect of which a movement
permit is issued under regulation
53(1) of the Road Traffic (Registration
and Licensing of Vehicles) Regulations
(Cap. 374 sub. leg.); |
| (h) |
a vehicle
the overall width of which (including
load) exceeds 2.5 metres; |
| (i) |
a vehicle for which no toll is specified
in Schedule 1 to the Ordinance; |
| (j) |
a vehicle
of any class the gross vehicle weight
of which exceeds the permitted maximum
gross vehicle weight or if applicable,
the permitted maximum gross combined
weight assigned or determined in respect
of that vehicle in accordance with
the Second Schedule to the Road Traffic
(Construction and Maintenance of Vehicles)
Regulations (Cap. 374 sub. leg.). |
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| (2) |
Any person
may apply to the General Manager for a permit
referred to in subsection (1) giving details
of the vehicle or trailer to which the application
relates and its load, if any, and the time,
date and direction of its proposed passage
through the toll area. |
| (3) |
Where an
application for a permit is made under subsection
(2) in respect of a vehicle or trailer referred
to in subsection (1)(g) such application
shall, if so required by the General Manager,
be accompanied by such civil engineering
advice or other information relating to
the vehicle or trailer as may be specified
by the General Manager. |
| (4) |
An application
for a permit under subsection (2) shall
be made at least 48 hours before the proposed
passage of the vehicle or trailer through
the toll area, except where the General
Manager waives this requirement. |
| (5) |
The General
Manager may specify in a permit issued under
this section - |
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| (a) |
the
date and time for the passage of the
vehicle or trailer through the toll
area; and |
| (b) |
such
other conditions as the General Manager
thinks fit. |
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| (6) |
The following
fee shall be payable to the Company for
the issue of a permit under this section
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| (a) |
for
a permit in respect of a vehicle referred
to in subsection (1)(a) , (b) , (c)
, (d) , (e) , (f) , (h), (i) or (j)¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K¡K$250; and |
| (b) |
for
a permit in respect of a vehicle or
trailer referred to in subsection
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| 22. |
Vehicles
conveying dangerous goods
| (1) |
Subject to
this section, the Company may fix the hours
during which all or any of the vehicles
to which this section applies may enter
the toll area by publishing such information
in such manner as it thinks fit. |
| (2) |
No person
shall drive any vehicle to which this section
applies into the toll area except with the
permission of the General Manager in writing,
which permission, if granted, shall be subject
to the following conditions - |
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| (a) |
if
hours have been fixed under subsection
(1) in respect of the class of vehicle
concerned, the permission shall relate
only to those hours; |
| (b) |
a declaration
shall be made in writing to the General
Manager by the person in charge of
the vehicle, or by the person responsible
for the conveyance of any goods in
or on the vehicle, as to the nature
of the vehicle and goods; and |
| (c) |
the
General Manager may provide toll area
control officers for the purpose of
escorting the vehicle through the
toll area and may take any other precautionary
measure which he considers expedient
in the circumstances. |
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| (3) |
This section
applies to - |
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| (a) |
a vehicle
conveying any goods specified in Category
3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9 or 10 in the Schedule
to the Dangerous Goods (Application
and Exemption) Regulations (Cap. 295
sub. leg.); and |
| (b) |
a vehicle
conveying matches in bulk, radioactive
substances, or biological specimens
dangerous to human or animal life |
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