Hong Kong Regulations

ROAD TRAFFIC (DRIVING LICENCES) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 31

Application to take a driving test

(1) A person who wishes to submit himself for a driving test shall deliver to
the Commissioner an application therefor in a form specified by the
Commissioner, signed by the applicant, and shall state in the application the
class of motor vehicle in respect of which the driving  test is required and
the particulars of the learner's driving licence or temporary driving licence,
if any, held by him.

(2) Subject to paragraphs (3) and (9), on receipt of an application under
paragraph (1) and of the fee prescribed in the Second Schedule, the
Commissioner shall issue to the applicant a driving test form in a form
specified by the Commissioner stating the class of motor vehicle in respect of
which the driving test is to be undergone and such requirements as he
considers appropriate relating to the gross vehicle weight, dimensions and,
construction of and the load to be carried on such vehicle, and, as soon as is
practicable thereafter, shall notify the applicant of the date, time and place
of the driving test. (L.N. 195 of 1990)

(3) If an applicant does not hold a learner's driving licence for the class of
motor vehicle in respect of which the driving test is required, then, unless
he holds a temporary driving licence for such class of motor vehicle, the
Commissioner may refuse to issue to him a driving  test form until he holds a
learner's driving licence for that class, and the Commissioner shall notify
the applicant of such refusal and shall state in the notification the reason
for such refusal.

(4) No person shall be eligible to take a driving test unless he holds a valid
driving test form.

(5) Notwithstanding any other provision of these regulations, a valid
driving test form shall authorize the holder thereof to drive a motor vehicle
of the class specified in the driving test form issued under paragraph (2) for
the purposes of a driving test.

(6) A driving test form issued under paragraph (2) shall cease to be valid-

   (a)  if the holder thereof fails to attend for a driving test on the date
        and at the time and place notified under paragraph (2) unless-

        (i)    the holder has given not less than 7 days' notice to the
               Commissioner of his inability to attend for such test; or

        (ii)   the Commissioner is satisfied that the holder was through
               circumstances beyond his control unable to attend for such
               test; or

   (b)  on the expiration of 18 months after the date on which it was issued.

(7) If a driving test form continues to be valid by virtue of paragraph
(6)(a)(i) or (ii), the Commissioner shall give reasonable notice to the holder
thereof of the date, time and place of a further driving  test and, if the
holder thereof fails to attend for such further test, paragraph (6) shall
apply as if the date, time and place of the test had been notified under
paragraph (2).

(8) The Commissioner may refund the fee paid to him under paragraph

(2) and cancel the driving test form issued by him under that paragraph if he
is satisfied that-

   (a)  it would not be in the public interest to issue to the holder thereof
        a driving licence in respect of the class of vehicle applied for;

   (b)  the holder thereof is either ineligible to obtain, or is disqualified
        from obtaining or holding, a driving licence; or

   (c)  the holder thereof has been unable to attend for the test due to-

        (i)    the test having been cancelled at short notice by the
               Commissioner; or

        (ii)   other circumstances beyond the control of the holder thereof.

(9) The Commissioner may waive payment of the fee payable under paragraph (2)
in the case of- (L.N. 259 of 1984)

   (a)  an applicant who is a disabled person; and

   (b)  an applicant who at the commencement of these regulations holds a
        valid driving licence that is restricted to the driving of all goods
        vehicles and to whom paragraph 2(c)(ii) of the Tenth Schedule applies,
        when he first applies under this regulation for a driving test in
        respect of an articulated vehicle.

(10) This regulation does not apply in relation to motor cycles and motor
tricycles. (L.N. 273 of 1989)