Hong Kong Regulations

ROAD TRAFFIC (DRIVING LICENCES) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 27

Conduct of driving instructions, etc.

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

(1) No person shall give driving instruction to any person unless-

   (a)  the person giving the driving instruction is the holder of a valid
        driving instructor's licence which entitles him to give driving
        instruction for the class of motor vehicle in respect of which driving
        instruction is given; and

   (b)  the person being instructed is the holder of a valid driving licence
        or permit to drive the class of motor vehicle in respect of which
        driving instruction is given. (L.N. 303 of 1989; L.N. 161 of 2000)

(2) No driving instructor shall contravene any condition contained in the
driving instructor's licence issued to him or give driving instruction while
the person whom he is instructing is acting in contravention of regulation 30.

(3) A driving instructor shall maintain a record, in a form specified by the
Commissioner, of all drivers to whom he gives driving instruction, and such
record shall be made available by him for inspection by the Commissioner at
any reasonable time. (L.N. 303 of 1989)

(4) Paragraph (1)(b) does not apply where driving instruction is given to a
person taking a driving instruction course in respect of motor cycles or motor
tricycles in a driving school in accordance with Part IXB of the Ordinance.
(L.N. 273 of 1989)