Hong Kong Regulations

ROAD TRAFFIC (DRIVING LICENCES) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 18A

Variation of licence on change of particulars

(1) On receipt of a notification under regulation 18(1) and an existing
driving licence mentioned in regulation 18(1)(b) (referred to in this
regulation as “existing licence”), the Commissioner shall, if satisfied
that the change specified in the notification has occurred and a variation of
the existing licence is required, issue to the licence holder a driving
licence with the relevant particulars varied to replace the existing licence.

(2) Unless the licence holder applies for the renewal of his existing licence
when delivering his existing licence under regulation 18(1)(b), the licence
issued pursuant to paragraph (1) shall expire on the date on which his
existing licence expires.

(3) The provisions of paragraphs (1) and (2) shall also apply to the variation
of a driving instructor’s licence as if references in those paragraphs to a
driving licence were references to a driving instructor’s licence. (L.N. 49
of 2007)