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(1) No person shall drive any of the following vehicles into the tunnel area unless he is in possession of a permit issued in respect of that vehicle by the Tunnel Manager and such entry is in accordance with that permit -
  (a) a vehicle the height of which (including load) exceeds 4.6 metres;
  (b) a rigid vehicle the length of which exceeds 12 metres;
  (c) an articulated vehicle the length of which exceeds 16 metres;
  (d) a vehicle, other than a trailer, the load of which extends forwards more than 1.5 metres from the foremost part of the vehicle;
  (e) a vehicle the load of which extends backwards more than 1.4 metres behind the rearmost part of the vehicle;
  (f) a vehicle with a wheel-load exceeding 4.5 tonnes or an axle load exceeding 11 tonnes;
  (g) a vehicle or trailer in respect of which a movement permit is issued under regulation 53(1) of the Road Traffic (Registration and Licensing of Vehicles) Regulations (Cap. 374 sub. leg.);
  (h) a vehicle the overall width of which (including load) exceeds 2.5 metres;
  (i) a vehicle for which no toll is specified in Schedule 1 to the Ordinance;
  (j) a vehicle of any class the gross vehicle weight of which exceeds the permitted gross vehicle weight assigned or determined in respect of the vehicle in accordance with the Road Traffic (Construction and Maintenance of Vehicles) Regulations (Cap. 374 sub. leg.). 
(2) Any person may apply to the Tunnel Manager for a permit referred to in subsection (1) giving details of the vehicle or trailer to which the application relates and its load, if any, and the time, date and direction of its proposed passage through the tunnel.
(3) Where an application for a permit is made under subsection (2) in respect of a vehicle or trailer referred to in subsection (1)(g) such application shall, if so required by the Tunnel Manager, be accompanied by such civil engineering advice or other information relating to the vehicle or trailer as may be specified by the Tunnel Manager.
(4) An application for a permit under subsection (2) shall be made at least 48 hours before the proposed passage of the vehicle or trailer through the tunnel, except where the Tunnel Manager waives this requirement.
(5) The Tunnel Manager may specify in a permit issued under this section -
  (a) the date and time for the passage of the vehicle or trailer through the tunnel; and
  (b) such other conditions as the Tunnel Manager thinks fit. 
(6) The following fee shall be payable to the Company for the issue of a permit under this section -
  (a) for a permit in respect of a vehicle referred to in subsection (1)(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (h), (i) or (j)......$200; and
  (b) for a permit in respect of a vehicle or trailer referred to in subsection (1)(g)......$700.
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