"issuing authority"

means—

(a)a local authority contemplated in Chapter 7 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa. 1996 (Act No. 108 of 1996), the Local Government Transition Act, 1993 (Act No. 209 of 1993), or any other applicable law;
(b)a provincial administration; or
(c)the Road Traffic Management Corporation, established under section 4 of the Road Traffic Management Corporation Act, 1999,

in so far as such authority, administration or Corporation is responsible for traffic matters.

[Definition substituted by section 1 of Act No. 22 of 1999]