| (a) | cancel the permit and issue an operating licence for the vehicle specific to the contract, where appropriate in consultation with other relevant planning authorities; |
| (b) | cancel any permit of that holder authorizing services on routes in the area on an uncontracted basis, and not carry forward such authorization to the operating licence contemplated in paragraph (a), unless the authorisation forms part of the contract, and the holder must submit such permit to the contracting authority in the prescribed manner and in the prescribed time for this purpose, failing which the permit will lapse if not so submitted within that time. |
| (a) | In the case of permits for scheduled non-contracted services specified in integrated transport plans, the Minister may make regulations, after consulting the National Public Transport Regulator, providing a process for the integration of those services with contracted services, and in the process converting them to commercial service contracts. |
| (b) | The integration and conversion contemplated in paragraph (a) must be done by the National Public Transport Regulator. |
| (c) | The regulations contemplated in paragraph (a) may differ in respect of different types of services, different areas or peak periods as opposed to off-peak periods. |
[Section 48(2) substituted by section 28 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]
| (3) | No contract may be awarded to an operator for scheduled services unless all permits and operating licences of that operator have been rationalized under subsection (1) or (2). |
