MOTOR VEHICLE IDLING (FIXED PENALTY)
ORDINANCE—SCHEDULE 1
- (c) providing for the erection or placement of traffic signs for then purposes of this Ordinance; and
- (d) providing generally for the better carrying out of this Ordinance.
32. Amendment of Schedules
The Secretary for the Environment may, by notice published in the Gazette, amend Schedule 1 or 2.
33. Consequential amendments
(1) Section 113C(1)(c) of the Criminal Procedure Ordinance (Cap. 221) is amended by repealing “or the Fixed Penalty (Smoking Offences) Ordinance (Cap. 600)” and substituting “, the Fixed Penalty (Smoking Offences) Ordinance (Cap. 600) or the Motor Vehicle Idling (Fixed Penalty) Ordinance (3 of 2011)”.
(2) Section 2(1B) and (3) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Ordinance (Cap. 297) is amended by repealing “or the Fixed Penalty (Smoking Offences) Ordinance (Cap. 600)” and substituting “, the Fixed Penalty (Smoking Offences) Ordinance (Cap. 600) or the Motor Vehicle Idling (Fixed Penalty) Ordinance (3 of 2011)”.
Drivers to Whom Idling Prohibition does not Apply
1. Vehicles generally
Section 5 does not apply to—
- (a) a driver of a motor vehicle that is stationary because of traffic conditions;
- (b) a driver of a motor vehicle who cannot prevent the vehicle from idling because of a mechanical difficulty over which the driver has no control; or
- (c) a driver of a motor vehicle while a person (other than the driver) is boarding or alighting from the vehicle.
2. Passenger transport vehicles
(1) Section 5 does not apply to a driver of a taxi that is at a taxi stand.
