National Land Transport Act, 2009 (Act No. 5 of 2009)Chapter 5 : Contracting for Public Transport Services43. Commercial service contracts |
| (1) | A contracting authority may enter into a commercial service contract with an operator by placing a notice in the Provincial Gazette and in a newspaper generally circulating in the area where the services are to be operated, inviting tenders from operators for the operation of that service. |
| (2) | The validity period of a commercial service contract must not exceed seven years. |
| (3) | The Minister may make regulations— |
| (a) | on procedures and requirements for commercial service contracts; and |
| (b) | providing that all scheduled bus services operated on an uncontracted basis must be converted to commercial service contracts by a date specified in the regulations, and providing procedures and requirements for such conversion. |