Hong Kong Regulations

ROAD TRAFFIC (DRIVING LICENCES) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 10

Applications for full driving licences

(Past version on 01/10/2000).
(Past version on 01/07/1997).
(Past version on 30/06/1997).

“document of identity” (證明身分的文件)

(1) A person who wishes to obtain a full driving licence in respect of any
class of motor vehicle shall deliver to the Commissioner an application
therefor in a form specified by the Commissioner, signed by the applicant,
together with his document of identity. (L.N. 192 of 1989; L.N. 3 of 2008)

(2) In addition to making a declaration required by regulation 9(1), the
applicant shall state in his application under paragraph (1)-

   (a)  whether he has held a driving licence issued in Hong Kong or a driving
        certificate or driving licence issued in any country or place other
        than Hong Kong; and if the applicant has held any such licence or
        certificate, he shall also state the class of motor vehicle which he
        was permitted to drive under such licence or certificate; (3 of 2002
        s. 15)

   (b)  whether any such licence or certificate held previously has been
        endorsed, suspended or cancelled;

   (c)  whether under regulation 9(2), the Commissioner has at any time
        refused to issue him a driving licence or renew his driving licence;
        and

   (d)  whether he is or has at any time been disqualified from holding or
        obtaining the driving licence for which he is applying.

(3) In the case of an applicant for a full driving licence to drive any class
of motor vehicle, where the applicant is 70 years of age or more, his
application under paragraph (1) shall be accompanied by a certificate by a
registered medical practitioner who is acceptable to the Commissioner that on
a date within 4 months before the application, the applicant is medically fit
to drive and control any vehicle in that class and the Commissioner shall
satisfy himself that-

   (a)  the medical fitness of the applicant has not deteriorated
        substantially since that date; and

   (b)  the applicant is able to read a registration mark at a distance of 23
        metres in good daylight (with the aid of spectacles or other
        corrective lenses, if worn). (49 of 2000 s. 4)

(4) In this regulation, “document of identity” (證明身分的文件), in
relation to an applicant, means-

   (a)  where the applicant holds a permanent identity card, his
        permanent identity card;

   (b)  where the applicant does not hold a permanent identity card-

        (i)    his identity card (other than a permanent identity card), if he
               has one; and

        (ii)   his valid travel document as defined in section 2(1) of the
               Immigration Ordinance ( Cap 115). (L.N. 3 of 2008)