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

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National Road Traffic Regulations, 2000

Chapter VI : Fitness of Vehicles

Part IV : Loads on vehicles

232. Mass of person and luggage for determining maximum load for homologation and testing purposes

 

For the purpose of establishing the maximum mass of a person and his or her hand luggage which may be conveyed on a motor vehicle for the purpose of determining the seating capacity of such vehicle to homologate a vehicle—

(a) the mass of a person together with his or her hand luggage shall, be taken as 68 kilograms;
(b) in the case of a motor vehicle which is fitted with—
(i) a luggage compartment, the mass of luggage shall be calculated at the rate of 100 kilograms per cubic metre; or
(ii) a roof rack, the mass of luggage shall be calculated at the rate of 75 kilograms per square metre of area of the roof rack:

Provided that where a motor vehicle is examined for the purpose of obtaining a roadworthy certificate as contemplated in regulation 142, the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply in the determination of the seating capacity of such motor vehicle.

 

[Regulation 232 substituted by regulation 52 of Notice No. R. 1341 of 2003]