National Land Transport Act, 2009 (Act No. 5 of 2009)

Chapter 2 : Institutional Arrangements for Land Transport

15. Intermodal planning committees

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(1) Every municipality that is establishing an integrated public transport network or has significant passenger rail services in its area must, by not later than the prescribed date, establish an intermodal planning committee consisting of the prescribed technical officials and prescribed representatives of state-owned rail operators.

 

(2) The function of an intermodal planning committee is to co-ordinate and integrate public transport, as well as all other aspects relating to the integrated transport plan of the municipality and to perform other prescribed functions in order to achieve the objects of this Act.

 

(3) Where there are significant passenger rail services in the area, the intermodal planning committee must facilitate the conclusion of appropriate service level agreements between the municipality and the Passenger Rail Agency as contemplated in section 11(1)(c)(xix).

 

(4) Where a provincial entity is established as contemplated in section 12(1), it must perform the functions of the intermodal planning committee contemplated in this section for the municipalities which are members of the entity, including the functions set out in section 11(1)(c)(xix) for those municipalities.

 

[Section 15 substituted by section 10 of the National Land Transport Amendment Act, 2023 (Act No. 23 of 2023), Notice No. 4959, GG50800, dated 11 June 2024 - effective 12 September 2025 per Commencement Proclamation 289, GG53335, dated 12 September 2025]