Applica- Lian for instruc- Lor's licence.

Issue. renewal und revocation

of instruc- Lor's licence.

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(3) A driving licence for the driving of an omnibus or of a goods vehicle of a weight unladen exceeding 35 cwt, shall not be issued to a person who is less than five feet four inches in height.

12. (1) No person shall act as a driving instructor unless lie has passed an instructor's test and has been issued with an instructor's licence.

(2) Any person desiring to subunit himself for an instructor's test shall deliver to the Commissioner an application therefor in such form as shall be prescribed by the Commissioner together with two copies of his photograph of a reasonable likeness to the satisfaction of the Commissioner and of a size not greater than 2 inches x 2 inches and not less than 1} inches x 14 inches and shall pay to the Commissioner a fee of twenty dollars.

(3) No person shall be eligible to submit himself for an instructor's test unless he is the holder of a valid driving licence in respect of the class of vehicle in which he intends to act as a driving instructor and has held such a driving licence for three years or such lesser period as the Commissioner may decide in any particular case.

(4) On receipt of such application and such fee the Commis- sioner shall notify such person of the time and place of the instructor's test.

(5) An instructor's test shall be conducted by an examiner authorized in writing by the Commissioner.

(6) Any person who submits himself for an instructor's Lest shall provide at his own expense for the instructor's test a motor vehicle of the class for which he wishes to be tested and which in the opinion of the examiner is suitable for the purpose and in good mechanical condition,

13. (r) The Commissioner may issue to any person who has passed an instructor's test, an instructor's licence in respect of the class of vehicle for which such person has been tested, valid for one year from the date of issue, un payment of a fee of fifty dollars:

Provided that the Commissioner, if he is satisfied that a person intends to act gratuitously as a driving instructor to one named person only, he may issue an instructor's licence, limited to the instruction of such named person, without payment of such fee.

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(2) On application by a driving instructor and on payment of a fee of fifty dollars, the Commissioner may renew an instruc- tor's licence for a further period of twelve months from the date of renewal:

Provided that the Commissioner may require the driving instructor to furnish two copies of his photograph of a reasonable likeness to the satisfaction of the Commissioner and of a size not greater than 2 inches x a inches and not less than 1 inches x

inches on any such application.

(3) An instructor's licence may be revoked by the Commis- sioner at any time whether the person to whom it was issued was in breach of any condition contained in such instructor's permit or otherwise :

Provided that any person who is aggrieved by the revocation by the Commissioner of an instructor's licence issued to him may appeal to the Governor in Council after giving notice to the Commissioner of his intention to do so, and on such appeal the Governor in Council may make such order as he thinks fit and any order so made shall be binding on the Commissioner.

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14. (1) An instructor's licence shall be issued under the Conditions conditions set forth in the Third Schedule and any further con- ditions which the Commissioner may impose in respect thereof, licence.

Third (2) No person shall acı as a driving instructor in contraven-

Schedule. tion of the conditions contained in an instructor's licence issued to him or while the person whom he is instructing is acting in contravention of the terms of the provisional licence issued to him.

15. A person shall be deemed for the purposes of these Competence regulations to be competent to drive a motor vehicle if he satisfies to drive. an authorized examiner conducting a driving test that-

(a) he is fully conversant with the contents of any highway

code issued under the Ordinance;

(b) generally, he is competent to drive without danger to and with due consideration for other users of the road, a vehicle of the same class or type as that on which he is tested; and

(c) he is able to comply with the additional requirements

specified in the Fourth Schedule.

Fourth Schedule.

16. (1) If it appears to the Commissioner at any time that Retesting any licence holder is not or may not be competent to drive motor of licence

holders. vehicles of the class which he is licensed to drive, the Commis- sioner may serve notice on the licence holder requiring him to

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