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Ord. No. 50/89
ROAD TRAFFIC (AMENDMENT) (NO. 2)
HONG KONG
No. 50 of 1989
L.S.
I assent.
An Ordinance to amend the Road Traffic Ordinance.
David WILSON,
Governor.
20 July 1989
[21 July 1989]
Enacted by the Governor of Hong Kong, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof.
Short title
1. This Ordinance may be cited as the Road Traffic (Amendment) (No. 2) Ordinance 1989.
Section substituted
2. Section 54 of the Road Traffic Ordinance (Cap. 374) is repealed and the following substituted—
"Restriction on hire and riding of cycles
54. (1) Subject to subsection (3), no person shall—
(a) hire a bicycle or tricycle to a child under 11 years of age; or
(b) permit a child under 11 years of age to ride a bicycle or tricycle on a road
unaccompanied by an adult.
(2) Any person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable to a fine of $3,000.
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(3) This section shall not apply—
(a) in the case of subsection (1)(a), to any person who hires a bicycle or tricycle to a child under 11 years of age if the hiring takes place or occurs—
(i) on a road or portion of a road set aside for bicycles or tricycles and on which children under 11 years of age may, in accordance with a permission indicated by a prescribed traffic sign erected or placed there, ride such bicycles or tricycles unaccompanied by any adult; or
(ii) on any other land (whether a road or not) which immediately abuts or adjoins a road or portion of a road referred to in sub-paragraph (i) and on which the driving of all motor vehicles is prohibited; or
(b) in the case of subsection (1)(b), to any person who permits a child under 11 years of age to ride a bicycle or tricycle on a road or portion of a road set aside for bicycles or tricycles and on which children under 11 years of age may, in accordance with a permission indicated by a prescribed traffic sign erected or placed there, ride such bicycles or tricycles unaccompanied by any adult.".
Passed by the Hong Kong Legislative Council this 19th day of July 1989.
LAW Kam-sang, Clerk to the Legislative Council.
This printed impression has been carefully compared by me with the bill, and is found by me to be a true and correctly printed copy of the said bill.
LAW Kam-sang,
Clerk to the Legislative Council.
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.