Hong Kong authorities have repealed a law requiring bus passengers to wear seat belts through subsidiary legislation, after discovering it only applied to vehicles registered since late January.
The government gazetted the Road Traffic (Safety Equipment) (Amendment) Regulation 2026 on Friday, which repeals section 8D requiring passengers to wear seat belts.
Section 8D stipulated that “a person must not ride as a passenger in a passenger seat of a bus to which regulation 8AB applies on any road,…
