The objects of this Act are, despite the Criminal Procedure Act, 1977 (Act No. 51 of 1977)—
| (a) |
to encourage compliance with the national and provincial laws and municipal by-laws relating to road traffic and to promote road traffic safety; |
[Section 2(a) substituted by section 2(a) of Act No. 72 of 2002]
| (b) |
to encourage the payment of penalties imposed for infringements and to allow alleged minor infringers to make representations; |
| (c) |
to establish a procedure for the effective and expeditious adjudication of infringements; |
| (d) |
to alleviate the burden on the courts of trying offenders for infringements; |
| (e) |
to penalize drivers and operators who are guilty of infringements or offences through the imposition of demerit points leading to the suspension and cancellation of driving licences, professional driving permits or operator cards; |
| (f) |
to reward law-abiding behaviour by reducing demerit points where they have been incurred if infringements or offences are not committed over specified periods; |
[Section 2(f) substituted by section 2(b) of Act No. 72 of 2002]
| (g) |
to establish an agency to support the law enforcement and judicial authorities and to undertake the administrative adjudication process; and |
| (h) |
to strengthen co-operation between the prosecuting and law enforcement authorities by establishing a board to govern the agency. |
Statistics Act, 1999
