National Land Transport Act, 2009 (Act No. 5 of 2009)RegulationsNational Land Transport Regulations, 2009Chapter 2 : Provincial Regulatory Entities6. Application to PRE for operating licence |
| (1) | An application to a PRE for the granting, renewal, amendment or transfer of an operating licence must be lodged by submitting the completed standard application form shown in Schedule 1, together with the information and documents specified in the form and the application fee specified in Schedule 2. |
| (2) | An application form may be submitted by hand or by e-mail, post or fax to the office of the PRE, and if submitted by e-mail must include a scanned version of the required documents. |
| (3) | The PRE must reject a form that is not fully and properly completed, or to which required documents have not been attached, or where the required fee has not been paid. |
| (4) | The PRE must notify every planning authority in whose area passengers will be picked up or set down bye-mail or fax of an application received under subregulation (1), and those planning authorities must supply their comments or recommendations to the PRE by e-mail or fax within the time specified in the notice, which may not be more than 30 days. |
| (5) | Where a planning authority fails to respond to such a notice within the specified time, the PRE may proceed to process and decide upon the application without their input. |
| (6) | A notification in terms of subregulation (4) must be in accordance with the standard form shown in Schedule 1 and contain particulars sufficient to enable the planning authority to submit a response based on its ITP. |
| (7) | Where an application was lodged with a PRE after the date of commencement of section 21(4) of the Act, the applicant may refer the application to the NPTR in terms of that section if the application has not been processed within 60 days of its receipt by the PRE, and such application must be submitted to the NPTR on the form shown in Schedule 1, accompanied by the fee specified in Schedule 2, and the form must include full reasons for submitting the application to the NPTR. |
| (8) | Before taking a decision on such an application, the NPTR must liaise with the PRE and require it to provide its comments and reasons in relation to the applicant's submissions within 30 days. |