[Section 84 heading substituted by section 48 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]
| (1) | An accredited tourist transport operator may use any motor vehicle to provide tourist transport services, provided that it is suitable for those services and that an operating licence has been issued for it under subsection (2), and that the vehicle displays a special token, tag, decal or equipment issued by the National Public Transport Regulator in the prescribed form and manner. |
| (2) | The National Public Transport Regulator must issue an operating licence for a vehicle to be used by an accredited operator in the prescribed manner, either when accrediting the operator or on later application made by an accredited operator, in the prescribed manner, using the prescribed form and on payment of the prescribed fee, and on proof submitted to it in the prescribed manner that— |
| (a) | the vehicle is properly registered and licensed in terms of the National Road Traffic Act; |
| (b) | a valid and current roadworthy certificate has been issued for the vehicle in terms of the National Road Traffic Act; |
| (c) | the vehicle is suitable in all respects for the type of tourist service envisaged; |
| (d) | the vehicle and passengers who will be carried are adequately insured with a registered insurer; and |
| (e) | the vehicle is otherwise acceptable according to the National Public Transport Regulator. |
| (3) | Such an operating licence may be issued by an official of the Department designated to do so by the National Public Transport Regulator. |
| (4) | The National Public Transport Regulator may impose conditions when issuing such an operating licence including, but not limited to, the use and maintenance of the vehicle, which conditions must be specified on the licence, and must issue with the licence a token, tag, decal or other equipment as contemplated in subsection (1) or as prescribed. |
[Section 84 substituted by section 48 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]
