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CAP. 374] Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles)

Regulations

[1989 Ed.

[Subsidiary]

(i) is damaged, altered or defaced;

(ii) does not relate to a passenger service licence currently in

force in respect of the vehicle; or

(iii) does not relate to the vehicle; or

(d) displays a certificate referred to in subregulation (3) that is

invalid.

(5) Where a certificate issued under subregulation (1) is lost, defaced or destroyed, the Commissioner may, on payment of the appropriate fee specified in Part B of Schedule 1, issue a duplicate certificate, and such certificate when issued shall be deemed to be a certificate issued under subregulation (1) and shall have the same force and effect as the original certificate.

(6) No fee payable under this regulation shall be refunded.

PART III

HIRE CAR PERMITS

13. Interpretation

In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires---

"applicant" means an applicant for a hire car permit;

"hire car permit” means a hire car permit referred to in regulation 14(1);

"hire car permit holder" means a person who is the holder of a valid hire car

permit;

"hire car service" means any type of hire car service specified in regulation

14(1);

"hotel" has the meaning assigned to it by section 2 of the Hotel Proprietors

Ordinance (Cap. 158);

"tourist agent" means any person carrying on a business in Hong Kong consisting wholly or in part of organizing and conducting tours for, or supplying guides to, visitors to Hong Kong.

14. Issue or refusal of hire car permits

(1) Subject to this regulation and to regulations 15 and 19, the Commissioner may for the purpose of authorizing the use of a private car for the carriage of passengers for hire or reward, issue in respect of the private car a hire car permit for any of the following types of services-

(a) an hotel hire car service;

(b) a tour hire car service; (c) an airport hire car service; (d) a school hire car service; (e) a private hire car service.

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