Air Pollution Control (Air Pollutant Emission) (Controlled Vehicles) Regulation
(Enacting provision omitted—E.R. 2 of 2014)
[1 February 2014]
(Omitted as spent—E.R. 2 of 2014)
In this Regulation—
bus (巴士) has the meaning given by section 2 of the Road Traffic Ordinance (Cap. 374); compression-ignition engine (壓燃式引擎) has the meaning given by regulation 2 of the Air Pollution Control (Vehicle Design Standards) (Emission) Regulations (Cap. 311 sub. leg. J); controlled vehicle (受管制車輛)—see section 3; designated vehicle (指定車輛) means a motor vehicle equipped with a compression-ignition engine and falling within any of the following classes—(a)a goods vehicle; (b)a light bus; (c)a non-franchised bus; emission (排放) means emission of any air pollutant; first registered (首次登記) means first registered under the Road Traffic (Registration and Licensing of Vehicles) Regulations (Cap. 374 sub. leg. E); goods vehicle (貨車) has the meaning given by section 2 of the Road Traffic Ordinance (Cap. 374); light bus (小型巴士) has the meaning given by section 2 of the Road Traffic Ordinance (Cap. 374); non-franchised bus (非專利巴士) means a bus that is not a franchised bus as defined by regulation 2(1) of the Road Traffic (Traffic Control) Regulations (Cap. 374 sub. leg. G); permitted gross vehicle weight (許可車輛總重) has the meaning given by section 2 of the Road Traffic Ordinance (Cap. 374); registered owner (登記車主) has the meaning given by section 2 of the Road Traffic Ordinance (Cap. 374); vehicle licence (車輛牌照) has the meaning given by regulation 2(1) of the Road Traffic (Registration and Licensing of Vehicles) Regulations (Cap. 374 sub. leg. E).A controlled vehicle is— (L.N. 85 of 2020)
a designated vehicle first registered before 1 April 1995;
a designated vehicle first registered within the period specified in column 3(a) of the Schedule opposite to the vehicle’s permitted gross vehicle weight specified in column 2 of the Schedule;
a designated vehicle first registered within the period specified in column 3(b) of the Schedule opposite to the vehicle’s permitted gross vehicle weight specified in column 2 of the Schedule;
a designated vehicle first registered within the period specified in column 3(c) of the Schedule opposite to the vehicle’s permitted gross vehicle weight specified in column 2 of the Schedule; (L.N. 85 of 2020)
a designated vehicle first registered within the period specified in column 3(d) of the Schedule opposite to the vehicle’s permitted gross vehicle weight specified in column 2 of the Schedule (except an excluded vehicle); or (L.N. 85 of 2020)
a designated vehicle first registered on or after 1 February 2014.
In this section—
excluded vehicle (豁除車輛) means a designated vehicle that on its date of first registration has complied with the applicable requirements relating to construction and on-board diagnostic system as set out in regulations 7E(5), (7) or (10) and 14(10) or (12) of the pre-amended VDS Regulations; pre-amended VDS Regulations (《修訂前的VDS規例》) means the Air Pollution Control (Vehicle Design Standards) (Emission) Regulations (Cap. 311 sub. leg. J) as in force immediately before 1 October 2020. (L.N. 85 of 2020)For the purposes of an application made on or after the date specified in subsection (2) in respect of a controlled vehicle for a vehicle licence, the emission of the vehicle must conform to the emission standards applicable to the vehicle under section 5.
The date referred to in subsection (1) is—
for a controlled vehicle within the meaning of section 3(1)(a), 1 January 2016;
for a controlled vehicle within the meaning of section 3(1)(b), 1 January 2017;
for a controlled vehicle within the meaning of section 3(1)(c), 1 January 2018;
for a controlled vehicle within the meaning of section 3(1)(d), 1 January 2020;
for a controlled vehicle within the meaning of section 3(1)(da) that was first registered in 2006, 1 January 2022; (L.N. 85 of 2020)
for a controlled vehicle within the meaning of section 3(1)(da) that was first registered in 2007, 1 January 2023; (L.N. 85 of 2020)
for a controlled vehicle within the meaning of section 3(1)(da) that was first registered in 2008, 1 January 2024; (L.N. 85 of 2020)
for a controlled vehicle within the meaning of section 3(1)(da) that was first registered in 2009, 1 January 2025; (L.N. 85 of 2020)
for a controlled vehicle within the meaning of section 3(1)(da) that was first registered in 2010, 1 January 2026; (L.N. 85 of 2020)
for a controlled vehicle within the meaning of section 3(1)(da) that was first registered in 2011, 1 January 2027; (L.N. 85 of 2020)
for a controlled vehicle within the meaning of section 3(1)(da) that was first registered in 2012, 1 January 2028; or (L.N. 85 of 2020)
for a controlled vehicle within the meaning of section 3(1)(e), the 15th anniversary of the date on which the vehicle is first registered. (L.N. 85 of 2020)
In this section—
vehicle design standards (車輛設計標準) means the vehicle design standards applied in the Air Pollution Control (Vehicle Design Standards) (Emission) Regulations (Cap. 311 sub. leg. J).For section 4(1), the emission standards applicable to a controlled vehicle are the vehicle design standards, insofar as they relate to the testing procedures, requirements (except type approval requirements) and emission limits, applicable to the vehicle as if the vehicle were first registered on the date on which the application for a vehicle licence is made.
In determining the vehicle design standards applicable to a controlled vehicle, the vehicle’s permitted gross vehicle weight is taken to be its design weight.
The Authority, if satisfied that exceptional circumstances make it impractical or unreasonable for a controlled vehicle to comply with this Regulation, may exempt the vehicle from the application of this Regulation for not more than 1 year. (L.N. 203 of 2013)
The exemption may be granted subject to any conditions the Authority thinks fit.
If a controlled vehicle is exempted, the Authority must give the registered owner of the vehicle written notice of the exemption. (L.N. 203 of 2013)
(Repealed L.N. 203 of 2013)
This Regulation is in addition to, and not in substitution for, the Road Traffic (Construction and Maintenance of Vehicles) Regulations (Cap. 374 sub. leg. A).
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | |||
| Designated vehicle | Permitted gross vehicle weight (tonnes) | (a) Period | (b) Period | (c) Period | (d) Period |
| Goods vehicle | Not more than 1.7 | From 1 April 1995 to 30 September 1998 | From 1 October 1998 to 31 December 2000 | From 1 January 2001 to 31 December 2005 | From 1 January 2006 to 30 December 2012 |
| More than 1.7 but not more than 2.5 | From 1 April 1995 to 30 June 1999 | From 1 July 1999 to 31 December 2001 | From 1 January 2002 to 31 December 2006 | From 1 January 2007 to 30 December 2012 | |
| More than 2.5 but not more than 3.5 | |||||
| More than 3.5 but not more than 4 | From 1 April 1995 to 30 September 1998 | From 1 October 1998 to 30 September 2001 | From 1 October 2001 to 30 September 2006 | From 1 October 2006 to 31 May 2012 | |
| More than 4 | From 1 April 1995 to 31 March 1997 | From 1 April 1997 to 30 September 2001 | |||
| Light bus | Not more than 1.7 | From 1 April 1995 to 30 September 1998 | From 1 October 1998 to 31 December 2000 | From 1 January 2001 to 31 December 2005 | From 1 January 2006 to 31 May 2012 |
| More than 1.7 but not more than 2.5 | From 1 April 1995 to 30 June 1999 | From 1 July 1999 to 31 December 2001 | From 1 January 2002 to 31 December 2006 | From 1 January 2007 to 31 May 2012 | |
| More than 2.5 but not more than 3.5 | |||||
| More than 3.5 but not more than 4 | From 1 April 1995 to 30 September 1998 | From 1 October 1998 to 31 July 2003 | From 1 August 2003 to 30 September 2006 | From 1 October 2006 to 31 May 2012 | |
| More than 4 | From 1 April 1995 to 31 March 1997 | From 1 April 1997 to 30 September 2001 | From 1 October 2001 to 30 September 2006 | ||
| Non-franchised bus | Not more than 4 | From 1 April 1995 to 30 September 1998 | From 1 October 1998 to 30 September 2001 | From 1 October 2001 to 30 September 2006 | From 1 October 2006 to 31 May 2012 |
| More than 4 | From 1 April 1995 to 31 March 1997 | From 1 April 1997 to 30 September 2001 | |||