Hong Kong Regulations

ROAD TRAFFIC (DRIVING LICENCES) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 25

Test of continued ability and fitness to give driving instruction

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

(1) If the Commissioner considers that a driving instructor should take a test
of his continued ability and fitness to give driving instruction, he shall
serve the driving instructor a notice in writing requiring him to submit
himself for such test on a date and at a time and place specified in the
notice, such date to be not less than 14 days from the date on which the
notice is given.

(2) The Commissioner may appoint in writing any authorized examiner to conduct
tests of continued ability and fitness to give driving instruction.

(3) No fee shall be payable for a test under this regulation.

(4) A driving instructor shall pass a test under this regulation if he
satisfies the authorized examiner conducting the test of his ability and
fitness to give driving instruction assessed in accordance with Part II of the
Sixth Schedule.

(5) Where a test is to be conducted under this regulation, the
driving instructor shall provide at his own expense for the test a motor
vehicle of the class, as determined by the Commissioner, in the group in
respect of which he holds the driving instructor's licence, and an
authorized examiner may refuse to conduct a test where he has reason to
suspect that the vehicle so provided is not suitable for the purpose or is not
in a good mechanical condition. (L.N. 161 of 2000)