National Land Transport Act, 2009 (Act No. 5 of 2009)RegulationsSecond National Land Transport Regulations, 2025Chapter 1: Regulations on Contracting for Public Transport Services5. Transition from existing contracting arrangements |
| (1) | As required by section 42(1) of the Act a contracting authority must commence with the activities contemplated in regulation 3(1) to put in place a new contract not later than two years before the anticipated expiry of a contract where the relevant ITP or ITPs show that passengers on the relevant routes or in the relevant area or areas still require contracted services. |
| (2) | Where an adequate ITP or ITPs is or are not available for the purpose contemplated in sub-regulation (1) the contracting authority must use all other information available to it for the purposes of designing the contract or contracts as contemplated in section 93(4) of the Act subject to the proviso to regulation 3(1)(a). |
| (3) | The contracting authority must synchronize arrangements between the old and new contract and the new contract must be phased in so that there is no break in services to the relevant passengers, and with due regard to section 197 of the Labour Relations Act, 1995 (Act No. 66 of 1995) and other applicable labour legislation. |
| (4) | The contracting authority must advise passengers by means of one or more public meetings or by leaflets distributed or left at terminals, bus stops and other facilities, or by notices in local newspapers or other appropriate means, of the new operator and of any changed circumstances applicable to the new contract or the changeover to the new contract. |