Hong Kong Regulations

ROAD TRAFFIC (DRIVING LICENCES) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 21A

Application for private driving instructors' licences

(Past version on 01/07/2001).

(1) If the Commissioner considers that it is desirable to issue
private driving instructors' licences in respect of any group of motor
vehicles, he may-

   (a)  determine the number of licences to be issued for that group; and

   (b)  by a notice published once in at least 1 English and 2 Chinese
        newspapers circulating in Hong Kong, invite applications for the issue
        of licences of that group.

(2) The Commissioner may not publish a notice under paragraph

(1)(b) unless he is satisfied that the issue of private driving  instructors'
licences in respect of any particular group of motor vehicles is desirable
having regard to-

   (a)  prevailing traffic conditions;

   (b)  policy adopted for driver training for the time being; and

   (c)  the demand for learner drivers to receive driving instruction from
        private driving instructors in respect of that group of motor
        vehicles.

(3) A notice published under paragraph (1)(b) must specify-

   (a)  the number of licences that the Commissioner proposes to issue for any
        group of motor vehicles in respect of that invitation; and

   (b)  a date by which applications are to be received by the
Commissioner ("the specified date").

(4) A person who wishes to obtain a private driving instructor's licence shall
deliver to the Commissioner by the specified date-

   (a)  an application in a form specified by the Commissioner and signed by
        the person; and

   (b)  the person’s identity document. (L.N. 49 of 2007)

(5) If the total number of the applications received by the Commissioner by
the specified date exceeds the number of licences that he proposes to issue,
the Commissioner may cause the applications and the order in which they are to
be dealt with to be determined by lot. (L.N. 97 of 2001)