National Land Transport Act, 2009 (Act No. 5 of 2009)Chapter 6 : Regulation of Road-Based Public TransportPart 1 : Transitional provisions48. Rationalization of existing scheduled services |
| (1) | Where a permit authorizes scheduled services provided for in a contract between a contracting authority and the permit holder, the contracting authority must request the relevant regulatory entity to— |
| (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. |
| (2) | In the case of permits for uncontracted scheduled services, the Minister must make regulations within two years of the date of commencement of this Act, 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, and such integration and conversion must be done by the National Public Transport Regulator. |
| (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). |