Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences Act, 1998 (Act No. 46 of 1998)
Notice No. 1163 of 1998
Act
Chapter I : Interpretation of Act
1. Definitions
2. Objects of Act
Chapter II : Road Traffic Infringement Agency
3. Establishment of agency
4. Objects and functions of agency
5. Subcontracting
6. Road Traffic Infringement Agency Board
7. Functions of board
8. Appointment of registrar
9. Appointment of deputy registrars
10. Appointment of representations officers
11. Administrative staff and remuneration
[Repealed] 12. Appointment of sheriffs
13. Financing of agency
14. Bookkeeping, auditing and reporting
15. Banking account
16. Limitation of liability
Chapter III : Adjudication procedure
17. Infringement notice
18. Representations
19. Courtesy letter
19A. Options
19B. Payments
20. Enforcement order
[Repealed] 21. Warrant
[Repealed] 22. Trial
23. Simultaneous commission of offence and infringement
Chapter IV : Points demerit system
24. Points demerit system
25. Prohibition on driving or operating motor vehicle
26. Notification
27. Cancellation of driving licence, professional driving permit and operator card
28. Reduction of demerit points
29. Categorisation of offences, infringements and demerit points
Chapter IVA : Appeals Tribunal
29A. Establishment and constitution of Tribunal
29B. Functions of Tribunal
29C. Qualifications of members of Tribunal
29D. Conditions of appointment and terms of office of members
29E. Vacancies in Tribunal
29F. Deputy Chairperson of Tribunal
29G. Sittings of Tribunal
29H. Decisions of Tribunal
29I. Appeals and Reviews
29J. Administrative work of Tribunals
Chapter V : General matters
30. Service of documents
31. Penalties
32. Apportionment of penalties and fees
33. Access to information
34. Regulations
35. Transitional provisions
36. Short title and commencement
Regulations
[Withdrawn] Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences Regulations, 2025
Notice No. 6782 of 2025
Chapter 1 : Interpretation of Regulations
1. Definitions
Chapter 2 : Adjudication procedure
2. Infringement notice
3. Additional requirements for infringement notices issued on forms AARTO 03 and 03a where the infringer is unknown, and the presumption of owner in section 73 of the National Road Traffic Act is used to identify the alleged infringer
4. Courtesy letter
5. Enforcement order
6. Nominating driver or person in control of motor vehicle
7. Representations
8. Notification of result of representations
Chapter 3 : Appeals Tribunal
9. Definitions
10. Call for nominations of members of Tribunal
11. Rules of the Tribunal
12. Lodging of appeals and reviews
13. Procedure
14. Condonation
15. Record of proceedings and decisions of Tribunal
Chapter 4 : Penalties, discount, fees and costs
16. Categorisation of offences and infringements, and penalties payable
17. Discount
18. Fees
19. Transfer of payments
Chapter 5 : Demerit points, Disqualification, Cancellations and Rehabilitation programmes
20. Demerit points
21. Access to demerit point information
22. Notice of disqualification or cancellation of documents
23. Rehabilitation programmes
Chapter 6 : Manner of payment
24. Payment of penalty and fees
25. Payment in instalments
26. Late payment of a penalty, fee, or instalment
27. Refunds
28. Dishonoured payments
Chapter 7 : Record keeping
29. Information to be recorded
30. National Road Traffic Offences Register
Chapter 8 : Service of documents
31. Personal service
32. Service by postage
33. Electronic service
34. Re-service of infringement notice, courtesy letter, or enforcement order
Chapter 9 : General
35. Manner of application, notification, submission, or enquiry
36. Suspect and unverified infringement notice, form AARTO 33, courtesy letter or enforcement order
37. Obtaining of AARTO forms
38. Duties of issuing authority with regard to authorised officers in its employ and authorised officers who are members of the service as defined in section 1 of the South African Police Service Act, 1995 (Act No. 68 of 1995), and the AARTO 01 and AARTO 32 notices issued by such officers
39. Repeal of Regulations
40. Transitional provisions
41. Short title and commencement
Notices
Withdrawal of Notice No. 6782 of 31 October 2025
Notice No. R. 6890 of 2025
Proclamations
Commencement of certain sections of the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences Act
Notice No. R. 14 of 2007
Commencement of certain sections of the Act
Notice No. R. 24 of 2008
Commencement of certain sections of the Act
Notice No. R. 25 of 2008
Commencement of certain sections of the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences Act
Notice No. 14 of 2010
[Withdrawn] Commencement of the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences Amendment Act, 2019 (Act No. 4 of 2019)
Proclamation 272 of 2025
Annexure A: Proclamation of 69 Metropolitan / Municipal Areas - 1 December 2025
Annexure B: Proclamation of 144 Metropolitan / Municipal Areas - 1 April 2026
[Withdrawn] Commencement of certain sections of the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences Act, 1998 (Act No. 46 of 1998)
Proclamation 273 of 2025
[Withdrawn] Commencement of certain sections of the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences Act, 1998 (Act No. 46 of 1998)
Proclamation 274 of 2025
Annexure A: Proclamation of 69 Metropolitan / Municipal Areas - 1 December 2025
Annexure B: Proclamation of 144 Metropolitan / Municipal Areas - 1 April 2026
Withdrawal of Proclamation 272 of 2025
Proclamation Notice 299 of 2025
Withdrawal of Proclamation 273 of 2025
Proclamation Notice 300 of 2025
Withdrawal of Proclamation 274 of 2025
Proclamation Notice 301 of 2025