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Road Traffic
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(b) the extension of any privilege conferred by the regulations to persons resident outside Hong Kong who are temporarily in Hong Kong but are not entitled thereto by virtue of any such international agreement, or in respect of vehicles brought temporarily into Hong Kong by such persons, being persons or vehicles satisfying such conditions as may be specified in the regulations; and
(c) the payment in respect of such documents as are mentioned in subsection (1)(a) of such fees as appear to the Governor in Council to be appropriate having regard to any service performed in connection therewith under the regulations.
Regulation of registration and licensing of vehicles
[cf. 1952 c. 39 s. 1 U.K.]
The Governor in Council may make regulations to provide for-
(a) the registration of vehicles within any class specified in Schedule 1 and the transfer and cancellation of registration;
(aa) empowering the Commissioner to assign, on registering or licensing any vehicle, a permitted gross vehicle weight in respect of that vehicle; (Added 66 of 1985 s. 3)
(ab) validating the assignment of a permitted gross vehicle weight assigned to a vehicle on or after 25 August 1984 and prior to the commencement of any regulations made under paragraph (aa); (Added 66 of 1985 s. 3)
(b) the licensing of vehicles for use on roads and the issue, renewal, transfer and variation of licences and the circumstances in which a vehicle may be exempt from licensing;
(c) empowering the Commissioner to license taxis by calling for tenders on payment of a premium, and for the payment of deposits and the forfeiture of deposits in specified circumstances;
(d) the issue, use and surrender of fiscal permits, registration and licensing documents, international certificates, international circulation permits and other documents, and registration marks, for Hong Kong vehicles going overseas and for overseas vehicles coming to Hong Kong;
(e) the maintenance of a register of motor vehicles and the issue of extracts therefrom;
(f) the assignment or allocation at the discretion of the Commissioner, or the allocation and sale by auction, tender, or at a special fee, not exceeding $1,000, of special registration marks;
(g) controlling, restricting or prohibiting the transfer of registration marks and special registration marks;
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