Hong Kong Regulations

ROAD TRAFFIC (DRIVING LICENCES) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 22

Issue of driving instructors' licences

(Past version on 01/09/2000).
(Past version on 30/06/1997).

(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the Commissioner may, on receipt of an
application under regulation 21 or 21A and of the fee prescribed in the Second
Schedule, issue to the applicant a driving instructor's licence subject to the
conditions set out in the Fifth Schedule and to any further conditions which
the Commissioner may impose.

(1A) Without prejudice to the general power of the Commissioner to impose
conditions under paragraph (1), if an applicant is employed by a driving
school or other organization as a driving instructor, or is otherwise required
under a contract to give driving instruction on behalf of a driving school or
other organization, the Commissioner, in relation to an application made under
regulation 21, may issue a driving  instructor's licence subject to a
condition that the applicant shall only give driving instruction on behalf of
the driving school or other organization. (L.N. 97 of 2001)

(2) No person shall be issued a driving instructor's licence-

   (a)  unless he is the holder of a full driving licence to drive all classes
        of motor vehicles in the group in respect of which his application for
        a driving instructor's licence is made and has held such a driving
        licence for a period of at least 3 years immediately preceding the
        date of the application; (L.N. 161 of 2000)

   (b)  unless he has passed the driving instructor's test in relation to
        which the application is made or has been exempted by the Commissioner
        from attending all parts of the driving instructor's test;

   (c)  if he has been convicted of an offence under section 36 or 39 of the
        Ordinance during the 5 years immediately preceding his application.

(3) A driving instructor's licence shall be valid for one year.

(4) Subject to regulation 22A, the Commissioner shall, upon application made
in accordance with that regulation by a person holding a driving instructor's
licence issued before 1 September 2000, issue to that person a
driving instructor's licence in respect of the group that includes the class
of motor vehicle for which the first-mentioned licence was issued. A
driving instructor's licence issued under this paragraph shall be subject to
the conditions set out in the Fifth Schedule and to any further conditions
which the Commissioner may impose. (L.N. 161 of 2000;) (L.N. 97 of 2001)