Amendment
of Third Schedule.
3. The Third Schedule to the principal Ordinance is amended by the addition after paragraph 6 of the following new paragraph-
+
In respect of torpedo firing the signals referred to in paragraph ↑ above are-
(a) a large red flag flown from the firing ship; and (b) a large red flag flown from each safety craft patrol-
ling the firing arca.".
DALILE
Clerk of Council.
Council CHAMBER,
29th January, 1957.
Explanatory Note.
(This Note is not part of the Order, but is intended
to indicate its general purport).
This Order amends the First and Third Schedules of the Defences (Firing Arena) Ordinance, Chapter 196, in order to prescribe an area within the waters of Hong Kong for use 43 a range for the practice firing of live torpedoes, and to prescribe the manner in which notice shall be given that such firing is in progress.
2. The firing area prescribed by this Order comprises a rectangular ares of 2.6 by 3 miles in extent and includes within it the East Ninepin Island. The East Ninepin Island la a small uninhabited laland and is sultably placed to serve as a target.
(Secretariat BL2/4941/54)
VEHICLE AND ROAD TRAFFIC ORDINANCE. (Chapter 220).
VEHICLE AND Road Traffic (REGISTRATION and Licensing OF VEHICLES) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1957-
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 3A of the Vehicle and Road Traffic Ordinance, the Governor in Council has made the following regulations-
1.
These regulations may be cited as the Vehicle and Road Citation. Traffic (Registration and Licensing of Vehicles) (Amendment) Regulations, 1957.
2. Regulation 24 of the Vehicle and Road Traffic (Registra- Rescission tion and Licensing of Vehicles) Regulations, 1956 (hereinafter and
replace- referred to as the principal regulations) is rescinded and replaced went of by the following-
regala-
"Power to refuse
Heences
sund to Impose
conditions.
24. (1) The Commissioner, if it appears to him A
to be necessary or expedient so to do in the interests of public safety, or in the interests of the regulation of vehicular traffic in the Colony, may refuse to license any motor vehicle and may revoke the licence of any motor vehicle.
(2) Without prejudice to the provisions of paragraph (1) and subject to the provisions of any other enactment, the Commissioner, on the applica- tion for registration or licensing of a motor vehicle as a taxi or as a public car, may refuse to register or to license such motor vehicle or may make the registration or licensing of such motor vehicle subject to such conditions as he shall consider necessary and on the contravention of any conditions subject to which a vehicle licence in respect of a taxi or a public car was issued, may revoke such vehicle licence.
(3) Any person who is aggrieved by any decision of the Commissioner made under this regulation may appeal to the Governor in Council against such decision and, on such appeal, the Governor in Council may confirm, revoke or amend such decision.".
tion 24.
89/58).