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THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1993

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ISSUE OF LIGHT BUS DRIVING INSTRUCTOR LICENCES

THE

TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT WILL SHORTLY INVITE APPLICATIONS FOR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE LIGHT BUS DRIVING INSTRUCTOR LICENCES.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID THIS EXERCISE COMPRISED TWO

PHASES, WITH PHASE I STARTING ON SEPTEMBER 1.

"UNDER THIS PHASE, THOSE WHO HAVE ALREADY BEEN ENGAGED IN PROVIDING PUBLIC AND PRIVATE LIGHT BUS DRIVING INSTRUCTION INVITED BY LETTERS TO APPLY, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

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IN A SURVEY CONDUCTED IN 1991, A TOTAL OF 126 PROSPECTIVE DRIVING INSTRUCTORS WERE FOUND PRACTISING. THEY ARE REQUIRED TO RETURN THEIR DULY COMPLETED APPLICATIONS TO THE TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT BY REGISTERED POST BEFORE SEPTEMBER 15 THIS YEAR.

"OPPORTUNITY WILL BE AVAILABLE TO ALL WHO ARE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR A PUBLIC AND PRIVATE LIGHT BUS DRIVING LICENCES. DETAILS OF PHASE II OF THE PROGRAMME WILL BE ANNOUNCED SOME TIME IN APRIL

1994," THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

"IF THE INITIAL NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS TURNS OUT TO BE VERY LARGE, THE APPLICANTS MAY HAVE TO WAIT FOR THEIR TURN ΤΟ BE PROCESSED, HE ADDED.

APPLICANTS MUST HOLD A VALID DRIVING LICENCE TO DRIVE THE CLASS OF VEHICLE IN RESPECT OF WHICH THEIR APPLICATIONS FOR A DRIVING INSTRUCTOR'S LICENCE IS MADE, AND HAVE HELD SUCH A DRIVING LICENCE FOR A PERIOD OF AT LEAST THREE YEARS.

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APPLICANTS MUST ALSO HAVE GOOD DRIVING SKILL, BE CONVERSANT WITH THE ROAD TRAFFIC LEGISLATION AND DRIVING INSTRUCTION RULES.

THEY MUST NOT BE CONVICTED OF ANY SERIOUS OFFENCES, NAMELY CAUSING DEATH BY RECKLESS DRIVING OR DRIVING A MOTOR VEHICLE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF DRINK OR DRUGS, DURING THE FIVE YEARS PRECEDING THEIR APPLICATIONS.

ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS WILL BE REQUIRED TO SIT FOR A WRITTEN TEST, ATTEND AN INTERVIEW FOLLOWED BY A ROAD TEST.

ALL THREE PARTS OF THE TEST MUST BE COMPLETED WITHIN THREE YEARS. IRRESPECTIVE OF WHICH PART OF THE TEST, A CANDIDATE WHO HAS FAILED FOR THREE TIMES WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO APPLY FOR FURTHER TEST.

ELIGIBLE CANDIDATES WHO DO NOT RESPOND TO INVITATION TO SUBMIT THEIR APPLICATIONS WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED PERIOD WOULD BE TREATED AS GIVING UP THEIR RIGHT TO APPLY.

THE MOVE TO LICENSE DRIVING INSTRUCTORS FOR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE LIGHT BUSES IS TO PAVE WAY FOR ENFORCEMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT THAT DRIVING INSTRUCTIONS SHOULD BE GIVEN BY LICENSED DRIVING INSTRUCTORS.

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