Road Accident Fund Act, 1996 (Act No. 56 of 1996)

1. Definitions

Purchase

In this Act, unless the context otherwise indicates—

"agent"

means an agent of the Fund appointed under section 8;

"Board"

means the Board of the Fund referred to in section 10;

"Chief Executive Officer"

means the Chief Executive Officer of the Fund referred to in section 12;

"convey"

in relation to the conveyance of a person in or on a motor vehicle, includes—

(a)	entering or mounting the motor vehicle concerned for the purpose of being so conveyed; and

(b)	alighting from the motor vehicle concerned after having been so conveyed;

"driver"

means the driver referred to in section 17(1);

"fuel"

[Definition deleted by the Revenue Laws Amendment Act, 2005, (Act No. 31 of 2005)]

"Fund"

means the Road Accident Fund established by section 2(1);

"lift club"

means any club of which—

(a)	every member shall have a turn to convey or cause to be conveyed by means of a motor car the members of such a club or other persons designated by such members to or from or to and from specified places for a specified purpose; or

(b)

every member is the owner of a motor car and of which one or some of its members shall by means of a motor car of which he or she is the owner or they are the owners, as the case may be, convey or cause to be conveyed the members of such lift club or other persons designated by such members to or from a specific place for a specific purpose;

"Minister"

means the Minister of Transport;

"motor car"

means a motor vehicle designed or adapted for the conveyance of not more than 10 persons, including the driver;

"motor vehicle"

means any vehicle designed or adapted for propulsion or haulage on a road by means of fuel, gas or electricity, including a trailer, a caravan, an agricultural or any other implement designed or adapted to be drawn by such motor vehicle;

"owner"

in relation to—

(a)

a motor vehicle which a motor dealer has in his or her possession during the course of his or her business and which may in terms of any law relating to the licensing of motor vehicles not be driven or used on a public road except under the authority of a motor dealer's licence of which the motor dealer concerned is the holder, means that motor dealer;

(b)	a motor vehicle which has been received for delivery by a motor transport licence holder in the course of his or her business of delivering new motor vehicles and which has not yet been delivered by him or her, means that motor transport licence holder;

(c)	a motor vehicle which is the subject of an instalment sale transaction, means the purchaser in the instalment sale transaction concerned;

(d)	a motor vehicle under an agreement of lease for a period of at least 12 months, means the lessee concerned;

"prescribe"

means prescribe by regulation under section 26;

"reward"

in relation to the conveyance of any person in or on a motor vehicle, does not include any reward rendering such conveyance illegal in terms of any law relating to the control of road transportation services;

"third party"

means the third party referred to in section 17(1);

"this Act"

includes any regulation made under section 26.