Statistics Act, 1999
R 385
National Road Traffic Act, 1996 (Act No. 93 of 1996)Chapter IV : Fitness of drivers32. Professional driver to have permit |
| 1) | No person shall drive a motor vehicle of a prescribed class on a public road except in accordance with the conditions of a professional driving permit issued to him or her in accordance with this Chapter and unless he or she keeps such permit with him or her in the vehicle: |
| 2) | The – |
| a) | categories of; |
| b) | nature and extent of the authority granted by; |
| c) | period of validity of; |
| d) | form and content of; |
| e) | application for and issue of; |
| f) | suspension and cancellation of; |
| g) | incorporation in any other document of; and |
| h) | other necessary or expedient matters in relation to, professional driving permits, shall be as prescribed. |
| 3) |
| a) | Any document issued by a competent authority in any prescribed territory and serving in that territory a purpose similar to that of a professional driving permit shall, subject to the conditions thereof and to such conditions as may be prescribed, be deemed to be a professional driving permit for the purposes of subsection (1). |
| b) | A public driving permit issued in terms of the Road Traffic Act, 1989 (Act No. 29 of 1989), or a road traffic law contemplated in paragraph 2 of Schedule 6 to the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 (Act No. 108 of 1996), shall, in accordance with the conditions thereof but subject to this Act, be deemed to be a professional driving permit for the purposes of this section for the period of validity of that public driving permit. |
