The chairman of the Legislative Council's transport panel, Ben Chan, said he supports the removal of the seatbelt mandate for buses and minibuses by the government.

Officials said on Friday they will repeal the clauses first, make improvement to them before tabling amendments to the legislature later.

The DAB lawmaker voiced support for the government's "timely" rectification of the problem, less than a week after the mandate took effect.

"When we vet regulations, lawmakers have always taken it very seriously and paid attention," he told reporters after attending a panel meeting.

"The government's even removing the relevant clauses to avoid public misunderstanding. I think this is understandable."

He said he hopes officials will learn from the experience in the past week and resolve the issues facing passengers.

Chan added it should take about a week for the government to remove the problematic clauses in the law and gazette the change, and hopes this can be done as quickly as possible.

Both Chan and Roundtable lawmaker Mark Chong said the government should fit buses with two-point seatbelts like the ones on minibuses, which only wrap around a passenger's waist. They said this would help smooth things out.