Specification of Traffic Signs and Road Markings for Private Roads Notice
(Cap. 374 sub. leg. G, regulations 3A and 8A)
[1 July 1989]
(Format changes—E.R. 3 of 2018)
This notice may be cited as the Specification of Traffic Signs and Road Markings for Private Roads Notice.
The traffic signs specified in any of the Figure Nos. 102, 106, 107, 108, 109, 112, 121 to 127 inclusive, 137, 138, 139, 148, 150 to 153 inclusive, 205, 207, 208, 210, 217, 218, 219, 221, 222, 224, 225, 235, 236, 263, 302, 304, 310, 311, 313, 402, 412, 413, 418, 423, 424 or 425 in Schedule 1 to the regulations are declared to be traffic signs that may be erected or placed on or near any private road, by or with the permission in writing of the owner of that road, subject to the condition that the erection or placement of any such traffic sign on or near any such road shall, as far as is reasonably practicable, be in accordance with any directions relating thereto specified in any code of practice prescribed under section 109(4A) of the Ordinance.
Traffic signs which are light signals are declared to be traffic signs that may be erected or placed on or near any private road, by or with the permission in writing of the owner of that road, subject to the conditions that—
the size, colour and type of the light signals shall be in accordance with paragraph 2 of Schedule 3 to the regulations;
the light signals shall not be so erected or placed except for alternate one way working; and
the erection or placement of any light signals on or near any such road shall, as far as is reasonably practicable, be in accordance with any directions relating thereto specified in any code of practice prescribed under section 109(4A) of the Ordinance.
The road markings specified in any of the Figure Nos. 506, 508, 509, 517, 601 to 609 inclusive, 615, 617 or 618 in Schedule 2 to the regulations are declared to be road markings that may be placed on or near any private road, by or with the permission in writing of the owner of that road, subject to the conditions that—
the road marking specified in Figure No. 617 of that Schedule shall not be placed on or near any such road unless, in conjunction with that road marking, there is also—
placed on or near that road the road marking specified in Figure No. 618 of that Schedule; and
erected or placed on or near that road the traffic sign specified in Figure No. 263 in Schedule 1 to the regulations; and
the placement of any such road marking on or near any such road shall, as far as is reasonably practicable, be in accordance with any directions relating thereto specified in any code of practice prescribed under section 109(4A) of the Ordinance.