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National Road Traffic Act, 1996 (Act No. 93 of 1996)

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National Road Traffic Regulations, 2000

Chapter VII : Operator Fitness

266. Categories of, and authority conveyed by, operator card

 

(1) The categories of operator cards and the authority conveyed thereby are:
(a) Category "G", which authorises the operation of a goods vehicle, the gross vehicle mass of which exceeds 3 500 kilograms and a breakdown vehicle, on a public road;

[Regulation 266(1)(a) substituted  by regulation 42(a) of Notice No. R. 404 of 2007]

(b) Category "D", which authorises the operation of a motor vehicle to which regulations 273 to 283 apply as contemplated in regulation 274, on a public road;

[Regulation 266(1)(b) substituted  by regulation 42(b) of Notice No. R. 404 of 2007]

(c) Category "P", which authorises the operation of a bus, a midibus, a mini-bus the gross vehicle mass of which exceeds 3 500 kilograms, a mini-bus which is designed or adapted for the conveyance of 12 or more persons, including the driver or a motor vehicle used for the conveyance of persons for reward, on a public road.

[Regulation 266(1)(c) inserted by regulation 42(c) of Notice No. R. 404 of 2007]

 

[Regulation 266 substituted by regulation 54 of Notice No. R. 1341 of 2003]