Hong Kong Regulations

ROAD TRAFFIC (DRIVING LICENCES) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 14

Application for and issue of driving licences for Government vehicles

(1) A person who wishes to obtain a driving licence to drive
Government vehicles shall deliver to the Commissioner an application therefor
in a form specified by the Commissioner, signed by the applicant, together
with-

   (a)  (Repealed L.N. 192 of 1989)

   (b)  his identity document; and

   (c)  a valid Government driving permit, or other evidence to the
        satisfaction of the Commissioner, specifying the class of Government 
        vehicle that he is competent to drive.

(2) On receipt of an application under paragraph (1), the Commissioner shall,
subject to regulations 6 and 9, issue a driving licence to the applicant
authorizing him to drive Government vehicles of the class specified in the
licence.

(3) Where an applicant for a driving licence to drive Government  vehicles is
the holder of a valid full driving licence in respect of any class of vehicle
other than Government vehicles, he shall lodge that licence with the
Commissioner at the time of his application under paragraph (1); and where the
Commissioner subsequently issues to the applicant a driving licence to drive
Government vehicles, he shall endorse it with an endorsement authorizing the
licence holder to drive, in addition to Government vehicles, the class of
vehicle which the full  driving licence authorized the licence holder to
drive.

(4) A driving licence issued under paragraph (2) shall be valid for 10 years
from the date of issue. (L.N. 183 of 1997)

(5) No fee shall be payable for the issue of a driving licence under this
regulation.