Road Accident Fund Act, 1996 (Act No. 56 of 1996)

22. Submission of information to Fund, agent and third party
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(1)
(a)When, as a result of the driving of a motor vehicle, any person other than the driver of that motor vehicle has been killed or injured, the owner and the driver, if the driver is not the owner, of the motor vehicle shall, if reasonably possible within 14 days after the occurrence, furnish the Fund on the prescribed form with particulars of the occurrence together with the prescribed statements, and the Fund shall furnish such information to the agent who in terms of section 8 is responsible for any claim arising from the occurrence.
(b)Whenever the question arises whether it was reasonably possible to furnish the Fund with the information contemplated in paragraph (a) within 14 days after the occurrence, the onus of proving that it was not reasonably possible to do so shall be on the person who in terms of that paragraph must so furnish the information.

 

(2)The agent or the Fund shall within a reasonable period after the third party has complied with the requirements contemplated in section 19(f)(i), furnish the third party or his or her agent with a copy of the information and statements which the owner or driver furnished in terms of subsection (1), together with all statements which were or are obtained from witnesses to the accident.