Hong Kong Regulations

ROAD TRAFFIC (DRIVING LICENCES) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 30

Driving under instruction

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

(1) Subject to paragraphs (1A) and (5), a learner driver shall not drive a
motor vehicle of the class specified in the learner's driving licence unless
he is accompanied by a driving instructor who is the holder of a valid
driving instructor's licence which entitles him to give driving instruction in
respect of that class of motor vehicle. (L.N. 97 of 1997; L.N. 161 of 2000)

(1A) Paragraph (1) shall not apply-

   (a)  when the learner driver is undergoing a driving test ; or

   (b)  when the learner driver is driving a motor vehicle in the premises of
        a driving school within the meaning of section 88J of the Ordinance
        while following a driving instruction course and for the purpose of
        the course. (L.N. 97 of 1997)

(2) Subject to paragraph (5), a learner driver when driving a motor vehicle
shall not, unless otherwise authorized in writing by the Commissioner, carry
any person in or on the vehicle other than a driving  instructor, one other
learner driver for the purpose of receiving driving instruction and one or
more authorized examiners.

(3) Subject to paragraph (5), a learner driver shall not drive a motor vehicle
unless the vehicle has-

   (a)  a handbrake readily accessible to the driving instructor or has an
        effective system of remote braking control which is under the driving 
        instructor's manual control when the vehicle is being used for the
        purpose of paragraph (1A)(b); and (L.N. 97 of 1997)

   (b)  a plate displayed in accordance with the Third Schedule.

(4) A learner driver shall not drive a motor vehicle except at such times and
in accordance with such conditions as may be specified in writing by the
Commissioner at the time the learner's driving licence is issued to him.

(5) Paragraphs (1), (2) and (3)(a) shall not apply to a learner  driver when
driving a motor cycle, an invalid carriage, or a motor vehicle designed to
carry only a driver.

(6) A learner driver when driving a motor cycle shall not carry any person on
it. (L.N. 279 of 1988)