National Land Transport Act, 2009 (Act No. 5 of 2009)RegulationsSecond National Land Transport Regulations, 2025Chapter 2: Regulations on Electronic-Hailing Services14. Conversion of operating licences for e-hailing services issued prior to date of commencement of section 66A of the Act |
| (1) | All operators providing e-hailing services in terms of operating licences issued before the coming into operation of these regulations, regardless of how those services are described in such licences, must apply for the conversion of their operating licences within 180 days of coming into effect of these regulations, to the regulatory entity that issued the licence. |
| (2) | On receipt of the application for conversion, subject to applicable application process and compliance by the operator, the regulatory entity may issue to the operator an operating licence specific to e-hailing services in terms of regulation 23. |
| (3) | Until the regulatory entity has replaced the old operating licence with a new e-hailing service operating licence as provided in sub-regulations (1) and (2), the operator must retain the old operating licence and only hand it over to the regulatory entity when the new operating licence is being issued or the application has been denied. |
| (4) | The regulatory entity must communicate a decision to the applicant not later than 60 days after receipt of the application for conversion if the application complies with the Act, this regulation, and the relevant provisions of the National Land Transport Regulations, 2009. |
| (5) | Where an application for conversion has not been submitted as required by sub-regulation (1) within the period mentioned therein, the relevant regulatory entity must cancel the operating licence. |
| (6) | As from a date calculated as 180 days after the date of coming into operation of these regulations, no operator may operate e-hailing services using an operating licence that was issued before the date of coming into operation of these regulations, unless the operator is waiting for the decision of the regulatory entity on its application to convert as contemplated in in sub-regulation (1). |