National Land Transport Act, 2009 (Act No. 5 of 2009)Chapter 6 : Regulation of Road-Based Public TransportPart 2 : General provisions65. Long-distance services |
| (1) | If approved by the planning authority, an entity granting an operating licence may authorise the vehicle specified in that licence to be operated for a long-distance service, despite the fact that the vehicle is specified in the operating licence to be used for a service provided for in an integrated transport plan. |
| (2) | The planning authority may not grant such an authorisation where the operation of the long-distance service will or is likely to be detrimental to the operation of the services provided for in that integrated transport plan. |
| (3) | In the case of an application for the granting, renewal or amendment of an operating licence relating to a long-distance service, due regard must be had to the provisions of any integrated transport plan, where they are relevant, and to any applicable provincial laws, and it must be subject to— |
| (a) | the extent to which the service to be provided is necessary or desirable in the public interest; |
| (b) | the requirements of the public for the service along the route or routes on which or the area in which the applicant proposes to operate; |
| (c) | the existing transport facilities available to the public on that route or those routes or in that area; and |
| (d) | the need to ensure co-ordination of all forms of transport, including transport by rail, to achieve an economically sound balance between the transport modes, with due regard to the public interest. |
| (4) | Operating licences for long-distance services other than charter or tourist transport services must specify the authorized origin and destination points, the ranks or terminals for the picking up and dropping off of passengers and any other points along the route or routes where passengers may be picked up or dropped off. |