Road Accident Fund Act, 1996 (Act No. 56 of 1996)RegulationsRoad Accident Fund Regulations, 20086. Further provision for procedural matters contemplated in section 24 |
| (1) | Any reference in section 24(1)(b) of the Act to the Fund's principal, branch or regional office, or to an agent's registered office or local branch office, shall for the purposes of compliance with that section, refer to such principal, branch or regional office of the Fund, or registered office or local branch office of an agent, as the case may be— |
| (a) | which is situated nearest to the location where the occurrence from which the claim arose took place; or |
| (b) | which is situated nearest to the location where the third party resides. |
| (2) |
| (a) | The Fund or an agent shall at any time after having received a claim for compensation referred to in section 17(1) of the Act, be entitled to require the third party concerned to submit to questioning by the Fund or an agent at a place indicated by the Fund or an agent or to make a further sworn statement regarding the circumstances of the occurrence concerned or any aspect of it. |
| (b) | In the event of the Fund or an agent requiring the third party to submit to questioning or to make a sworn statement, or both, in terms of paragraph (a), no claim shall be enforceable by legal proceedings commenced by a summons served on the Fund or an agent before the third party has submitted himself or herself to questioning or has made the sworn statement, or both. |