National Land Transport Act, 2009 (Act No. 5 of 2009)Chapter 6 : Regulation of Road-Based Public TransportPart 2 : General provisions53. Exemptions |
| (1) | An operating licence is not required for— |
| (a) | a courtesy service where the operator operates less than the prescribed number of vehicles; |
| (b) | a lift club, subject to section 69; |
| (c) | farmers carrying their own workers in vehicles of which they are the sole owners; |
| (d) | municipalities carrying their own workers in vehicles owned by them; |
| (e) | ambulances carrying patients to places where they will receive medical attention; |
| (f) | the conveyance by a person who carries on any industry, trade or business, of the person's own employees from a place where they perform work in the course of that industry, trade or business, to another place where they are to perform such work, by means of a vehicle of which the person is the owner; |
| (g) | the conveyance— |
| (i) | of learners and teachers for purposes of sport or recreation or on holiday, sightseeing or educational tours, by means of a vehicle of which the relevant school is the sole owner or which, in terms of an agreement, is set apart for the use of that school for these purposes; |
| (ii) | by a university, teachers' training college or similar educational institution of its own students and staff for educational, cultural or sports purposes by means of a motor vehicle of which that educational institution is the owner, or by means of a motor vehicle which, in terms of an agreement, is set apart for the use of that educational institution for these purposes. |
| (2) | The MEC may make regulations providing for information to be recorded or provided to the National Public Transport Regulator, Provincial Regulatory Entity, municipality to which the operating licence function has been assigned or other persons or institutions regarding conveyance in terms of a service contemplated in subsection (1). |
| (3) | Where the conveyance occurs by means of a vehicle used in terms of an agreement referred to in subsection (1)(g), a document in which an authorized employee of the school or educational institution confirms that the passengers being conveyed are enrolled learners or students of, or staff attached to, the institution, must be kept in that vehicle. |