National Land Transport Act, 2009 (Act No. 5 of 2009)RegulationsNational Land Transport Regulations for the 2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup10. Roadworthy certification |
| (1) | A vehicle to be used in terms of a temporary operating licence under these regulations must be issued with a special roadworthy certificate by an accredited testing station or by an examiner contemplated in subregulation (3). |
| (2) | Applicants who have applied for such operating licences must submit their vehicles or make them available for examination or testing in the manner, on the dates or within the time directed by the PRE or host city. |
| (3) | In the case of an operator operating a fleet of vehicles, the PRE or host city may arrange, in consultation with that operator, to send an examiner of vehicles contemplated in the National Road Traffic Act to the premises of the operator to examine that operator's vehicles and issue the necessary special roadworthy certificates. |
| (4) | The test or examination for roadworthiness required for the issuing of such a special roadworthy certificate need not entail a full roadworthy test as required for a roadworthy certificate in terms of the National Road Traffic Act, but must be conducted in accordance with written directions issued to testing stations by the Department or the RTMC, which may include, without limiting the generality of the foregoing— |
| (a) | whether the vehicles operated by the operator are roadworthy and acceptable for the type of services to be operated by the applicant; |
| (b) | that the operator has an acceptable programme of maintaining and servicing all vehicles operated or to be operated by the applicant; |
| (c) | that the operator keeps acceptable maintenance and servicing records of such vehicles, which must be made available to such examiners on request; and |
| (d) | referring the vehicle for a full roadworthy test where the examiner suspects that the vehicle is not roadworthy. |
| (5) | The Department may not grant accreditation to a testing station unless satisfied that it, in the opinion of the Department, is suitable for special testing or examination of vehicles for the Event and is not engaged in any irregular practices. |
| (6) | The Department must keep a list of such accredited testing stations which is published on its Website from time to time and in other ways deemed suitable by the Department. |
| (7) | The Department must monitor such testing stations and summarily cancel the accreditation of a testing station where it becomes aware of any illegal or irregular practices taking place there, and give it notice in writing or electronically of the allegations against it or other reasons for the intention to cancel its accreditation, and allow it not less than 48 hours to respond. |
| (8) | The Department may re-instate the accreditation of such a testing station on the basis of that response. |