Addition of
new regula- tion 94A.
Amendment
11. The principal regulations are amended by the addition after regulation 94 of the following-
"Restriction of loads on multi- purpose vehicles.
94A. No person shall drive or use or cause suffer or permit to be driven or used a dual-purpose vehicle—
(a) for the carriage of passengers more than one in excess of the number of passengers prescribed in the vehicle licence in respect of the vehicle; (b) in any case so that the laden weight exceeds the laden weight prescribed in the vehicle licence in respect of the vehicle.".
12. Regulation 106 of the principal regulations is amended by the of regulation deletion in paragraph (1) of the word "stationery" and the substitution
therefor of the following-
106.
Amendment
**stationary".
13. Regulation 133 of the principal regulations is amended by the of regulation deletion of the words "a taxi or a public car" and the substitution there-
for of the following-
133.
Amendment
"a public car, a taxi or a hire car".
14. Regulation 134 of the principal regulations is amended by the of regulution deletion of the words "a public car or a taxi", wherever the same appear.
and the substitution therefor of the following-
134,
Addition of
new regula-
tion 138A.
Rescission
"a public car, a taxi or a hire car".
15. The principal regulations are amended by the addition after regulation 138 of the following-
"Main- tenunce of brakes on
bisycles and Tricycles.
138A. Every part of every braking system and of the means of operating thereof fitted to a bicycle and to a tricycle shall at all times while the bicycle or tricycle is used on a road be maintained in good and efficient working order and shall be properly adjusted.".
16. Regulation 141 of the principal regulations is rescinded and
and replace replaced by the following-
ment of
regulation
141.
"Loads on
bicycles and tricycles.
141. (1) No load on a bicycle-
(a) on a road in Hong Kong Island, Kowloon or New Kowloon or on a road designated in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (2) shall weigh more than forty pounds if carried on a properly constructed load carrier affixed to the front of the bicycle or more than fifteen pounds if carried on the bicycle in any other manner; and
(b) on a road in the New Territories, other than New Kowloon, not designated in accordance with para- graph (2) shall weigh more than sixty pounds if
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carried on a properly constructed load carrier affixed to the front or to the rear of the bicycle or partly on one such load carrier and partly on the other, or more than thirty pounds if carried on the bicycle in any other manner.
(2) The Commissioner by order published in the Gazette may designate any road in the New Territories other than New Kowloon as a road to which the provisions of sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (1) apply.
(3) No load on a tricycle shall weigh more than 224 pounds or shall be carried other than on a properly con- structed load carrier affixed to the tricycle.
(4) No load on a bicycle or on a tricycle shall be of such dimensions as to cause or be likely to cause danger, obstructions or annoyance to any person using the road.
(5) Every load on a bicycle and on a tricycle shall be properly and rigidly secured to the bicycle or tricycle.”.
17. Regulation 165 of the principal regulations is amended in Amendment
of regulation paragraph (2)——
165.
(a) by the addition after the figures 88 of the following-
944":
r
(6) by the addition after the figures "137" of the following-
*. 138A".
**
18. Part I of the Schedule to the principal regulations is amended-
Ameadment
of Part 1 of
(a) by the deletion in head (a) of sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 3 Schedule,
of the word "in" in the third place where it occurs and the substitution therefor of the following-
"to":
(b) by the deletion of sub-paragraph (2) of paragraph 3 and the
substitution therefor of the following-
"(2) An additional indicator may be fitted on the front of any vehicle on any side to which there is fitted an indicator not being an additional indicator. Such addi- tional indicator shall comply with the requirements of sub- paragraph (1) of this paragraph and of paragraphs 4 and 5 of Part II of this Schedule as respects indicators showing a Rashing light to the front.";
(c) by the deletion of the full stop at the end of head (c) of sub- paragraph (1) of paragraph 6 and the substitution therefor of the following-
"or red.":