Road Traffic Act 1961 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Licensing of Driving Instructors and Driving Schools
51. Licensing of driving instructors
Feedback & supportA person must not act as a driving instructor unless the person is the holder of a licence (called in this Part an instructor’s licence) granted to the person by the Deputy Commissioner of Police authorising the person to do so.
driving instructor
“driving instructor” means a person who gives instruction in the driving of a motor vehicle for a fee or reward.
A person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.
The Minister may exempt any body or organisation from subsection (1) subject to any conditions that he or she thinks fit to impose.
Minister
“Minister” means —(a)except as provided in paragraphs (b) and (c), the Minister charged with the responsibility for land transport;(b)for the purposes of the whole of Parts 2 and 3 and sections 75(1), 82, 112(1), (3) and (4), 113(1) and (2), 114(1), 116(2), 121(2) and 143(3) and (11), the Minister charged with the responsibility for law and order; and(c)for the purposes of sections 131B(7), 135(2), 140(1) and (2), 142 and 142A(1), the Minister charged with the responsibility for land transport or the Minister charged with the responsibility for law and order, as appropriate;