| (2) | A person wishing to undertake a service provided wholly within the area of jurisdiction of a Municipal Regulatory Entity must apply to that Entity. |
[Section 54(2) substituted by section 32(a) 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) | A person wishing to undertake a service other than one contemplated in subsection (1) or (2), must apply to the Provincial Regulatory Entity of the relevant province for the necessary operating licence. |
| (4) | Where a transport plan shows a need for additional services, other than tourist transport services, contemplated in subsection (2) on a route or routes in its area, the municipality to which the operating licence has been assigned may invite applications for operating licences to provide those services. |
| (5) | Applications under subsections (1), (2), (3) or (4) must— |
| (a) | be made on the basis of one application per vehicle; |
| (c) | be made by completing and submitting the prescribed form, which must allow for the applicant to submit recommendations or documentation in support of the application, either from the applicant or from any other interested person; |
| (d) | be accompanied by the prescribed fee, determined by the Minister, which may provide that the fee will be reduced where the same applicant applies for more than one vehicle at the same time; |
| (e) | specify the vehicle or category of vehicle to be used for providing the services concerned; and |
[Section 54(5)(e) substituted by section 32(b) 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]
| (f) | in the case of a scheduled service or minibus taxi-type service, include a detailed description of the route or routes on which the applicant operates or intends to operate and all points where passengers will be picked up and dropped off. |
| (6) | Where the applicant has been accredited as a tourist operator under section 81 and the vehicle in question complies with section 84, the operator is entitled to an operating licence automatically, to be applied for and issued in the prescribed manner. |
