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

Regulations

National Road Traffic Regulations, 2000

Chapter V : Fitness of Drivers

Part II : Learner's and driving licences

109. Application for and issue of duplicate of licence

 

(1) Subject to subregulation (2), an application for a duplicate of a learner's licence shall be made in person by the applicant on form LL1 as shown in Schedule 2 and an application for a duplicate driving licence card shall be made in person by the applicant on form DL1 as shown in Schedule 2 at any driving licence testing centre.

 

(2) An application for a duplicate driving licence card by an applicant, who permanently or ordinarily resides in another country, shall be made on form DL1 as shown in Schedule 2 within seven years after the applicant has left the Republic and may be submitted by another person on behalf of the applicant to any driving licence testing centre.

 

(3) An application referred to in subregulation (1) shall be accompanied by—
(a) the original licence or, where the original licence is lost or destroyed, a declaration to that effect on form DCT as shown in Schedule 2;
(b) two photographs of the applicant, that comply with regulation 103(1), unless the applicant wishes to obtain a duplicate driving licence card which expires when the original driving licence card would have expired in terms of regulation 108(5);
(c) in the case of an application for a duplicate of a learner's licence, the fee as determined by the MEC of the province concerned for the issue of a duplicate learner's licence, and in the case of an application for a duplicate driving licence card, the fee for the issue of a driving licence card contemplated in regulation 108(1); and
(d) acceptable identification of the applicant.

 

(4) An application referred to in subregulation (2) shall be accompanied by—
(a) an affidavit made by the applicant stating the country, city or town and residential address where he or she resides, the period of stay, that he or she will be unable to receive the card in person, and the name and identification number of the person who will submit the application and receive the card on his or her behalf;
(b) two photographs of the applicant, that comply with regulation 103(1);
(c) the fee for the issue of a driving licence card contemplated in regulation 108(1);
(d) a certified copy of the acceptable identification of the applicant and a certified copy of the identity document of the person who is submitting the application on behalf of the applicant;
(e) a certified copy of the identification page of the passport of the applicant and the page stamped by the Department of Home Affairs when he or she left the Republic and the page stamped by the country in which he or she resides when he or she entered the country concerned; and
(f) a report issued less than six months before the date of application by an optometrist or ophthalmologist relating to the testing of the applicant's eyes in terms of the standards referred to in regulation 102(1).

 

(5) Upon receipt of an application referred to in subregulation (1) or (2), the driving licence testing centre shall—
(a) ensure that the application is complete and in order;
(b) ensure that the licence concerned is not subject to a suspension or cancellation; and
(c) issue the duplicate of the learner's licence or driving licence card, in accordance with regulation 105 or 108, respectively. Provided that in the case of an application referred to in subregulation (2), the examiner for driving licences shall follow the procedure in regulation 108(1)(d) and shall not be required to perform the tasks mentioned in items (ii) and (v) and the driving licence card shall be issued as referred to in regulation 112A(1).

 

[Regulation 109 substituted by regulation 22 of Notice No. R. 404 of 2007]