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Prevention and Control of Disease (Vaccine Pass) Regulation Part 2 Section 10 transportation fee (交通費), in relation to any specified public transport carrier, means any money paid or charged for the carriage of a person by the carrier.

10. Requirements for responsible persons for vulnerable persons

(1) A responsible person for a vulnerable person must use the responsible person’s best endeavours to ensure that the vulnerable person complies with section 5(1).

(2) A person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine at level 3.

(3) It is a defence for a person charged with an offence under subsection (2) to establish that—
 * (a) the person had lawful authority or reasonable excuse for contravening subsection (1); or
 * (b) without limiting paragraph (a), section 5(1) does not apply to the vulnerable person.

(4) In this section—

child (兒童) means a person who is under the age of 12;

mentally incapacitated person (精神上無行為能力的人) means a person who is mentally disordered, or mentally handicapped, within the meaning of the Mental Health Ordinance (Cap. 136);

responsible person (責任人), in relation to a vulnerable person, means—
 * (a) a father or mother of the person, including an adoptive father, adoptive mother, stepfather or stepmother; or