Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences Act, 1998 (Act No. 46 of 1998)Chapter IV : Points demerit system29. Categorisation of offences, infringements and demerit points |
The Minister, acting with the concurrence of the Minister of Justice and the MEC of each province, may for the purpose of this Act—
| (a) | prescribe offences, and categorise them into minor infringements, major infringements and other offences; |
| (b) | prescribe the penalty, expressed as a single unit or multiple units accorded a monetary value, which must be imposed for each infringement, as contemplated in section 31; |
| (c) | prescribe the demerit points which are incurred for each offence or infringement, as contemplated in section 24; and |
| (d) | prescribe the total number of demerit points which, if exceeded, disqualifies a person from driving or operating any motor vehicle as contemplated in section 25. |