### Road Traffic (Driving Licences) Regulations 《道路交通(駕駛執照)規例》

29. Authorized examiners
(1) The Commissioner may appoint in writing any person to be an authorized examiner for the purpose of conducting driving tests.
(2) Every driving test shall be conducted by an authorized examiner.

29A. Authorized trainers
The Commissioner may, in writing, authorize a person to be a trainer for the purposes of regulations 24A and 24B.
(L.N. 154 of 2021)

30. Driving under instruction
(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 braking system 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; L.N. 154 of 2021)
(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)

### Road Traffic (Driving Licences) Regulations 《道路交通(駕駛執照)規例》

32. Conduct of driving test
(1) A driving test may be divided into parts, and, subject to paragraph (2), no part of a driving test shall be taken until the applicant for the driving test has passed any preceding part.
(2) The Commissioner may exempt an applicant from any part of a driving test where he considers the applicant’s previous experience is adequate in that part.
(3) If a learner driver or the holder of a temporary driving licence has been tested by an authorized examiner and has failed the driving test, the Commissioner may refuse to permit him to undergo a further driving test until a day to be fixed by the Commissioner which shall not be less than 30 days from the day of the previous test.
(4) A person who wishes to undergo a driving test shall provide at his own expense for the driving test a motor vehicle which shall be of the class specified in the driving test form and conform with any other requirement specified therein under regulation 31(2), 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. 195 of 1990)
(5) While a driving test is being conducted the motor vehicle used for the purpose of the test shall have a “Driver on Test” plate specified by the Commissioner displayed at the front and rear of the vehicle.
(6) This regulation does not apply in relation to motor cycles and motor tricycles. (L.N. 273 of 1989)

33. Passing of driving test
(1) A person shall pass a driving test to drive a motor vehicle of the class specified in the driving test form if he satisfies an authorized examiner conducting the test that he is able to comply with the relevant requirements specified in the Eighth Schedule. (L.N. 273 of 1989)
(2) This regulation does not apply in relation to motor cycles and motor tricycles. (L.N. 273 of 1989)

34. Re-testing of driving licence holders
(1) Where, pursuant to the order of a court or magistrate a re-testing of a driving licence holder is required, the Commissioner shall, unless the licence holder is otherwise disqualified from holding or obtaining a driving licence, give to the licence holder a notice in writing requiring him to submit himself for a driving test on the date and at the time and place specified in the notice, such date to be not less than 14 days from the date of service of such notice, and shall issue to the licence holder a driving test form in accordance with regulation 31(2). (23 of 2008 s. 42)
(2) No fee shall be payable for a driving test under this regulation.

### Road Traffic (Driving Licences) Regulations 《道路交通(駕駛執照)規例》

35. Procedure on disqualification
(1) Subject to paragraph (2), where, pursuant to section 71 of the Ordinance, a court or magistrate has forwarded to the Commissioner a driving licence of a person who has been disqualified, the Commissioner shall withhold the driving licence until— (23 of 2008 s. 43)
(a) the expiry of the period of disqualification;
(b) the disqualification is removed under section 72 of the Ordinance; or
(c) a driving test referred to in regulation 34 is passed,
as the case may be.
(2) Where the disqualification is limited to the driving of motor vehicles of a certain class or description, the Commissioner shall cancel the driving licence held by that person and issue to him a driving licence limited to the driving of motor vehicles of the class or description for which he is qualified to drive.

36. Application for and issue of international driving permits
(1) A holder of a full driving licence who wishes to obtain an international driving permit under the 1949 Convention shall deliver to the Commissioner an application therefor in a form specified by the Commissioner, signed by the applicant, together with— (L.N. 49 of 2007)
(a) 2 photographs of himself; and
(b) his identity document.
(c) (Repealed L.N. 49 of 2007)(2) On receipt of an application under paragraph (1) and of the fee prescribed in the Second Schedule, the Commissioner on being satisfied that the applicant—
(a) is competent to drive a motor vehicle of the class specified in the application;
(b) is resident in Hong Kong; and
(c) has attained the age of 18 years or, in the case of an application for an international driving permit in respect of the driving of a goods vehicle or a bus, has attained the age of 21 years,
may issue for use outside Hong Kong an international driving permit in Form 1 in the Ninth Schedule.
(L.N. 49 of 2007)