Housing Development Agency Act, 2008
R 385
National Road Traffic Act, 1996 (Act No. 93 of 1996)RegulationsNational Road Traffic Regulations, 2000Chapter III : Registration and Licensing of Motor Vehicles, and Registration of Manufacturers, Builders and Importers, and Manufacturers of Number PlatesPart I : Registration and licensing of motor vehicles4. Motor vehicle deemed to be registered |
| (1) | A motor vehicle in the Republic which is separately registered and licensed in terms of any law of a prescribed territory and which was not ordinarily kept in a garage or at any other place in the Republic when it was so registered and licensed in terms of such law shall, subject to the provisions of subregulations (3) and (4), while it is used by or on behalf of the owner in whose name such vehicle is so registered and licensed, be deemed to be registered in terms of this Part. |
| (2) | Subject to the provisions of subregulation (3) and (4), a motor vehicle which is registered in accordance with a law of a Contracting State to the Convention and in accordance with the terms of the Convention, shall be deemed to be registered in terms of this Part while in the Republic— |
| (a) | during a continuous period of 12 months calculated from the date on which such motor vehicle is brought into the Republic; or |
| (b) | until the registration ceases to be of force and effect in terms of the Convention, whichever event is the earlier, and such vehicle may, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Part, be operated on a public road while it complies with the provisions of the Convention. |
| (3) | If a licence of a motor vehicle contemplated in subregulation (1) or (2) is not renewed within the period of validity of such licence, such vehicle shall no longer be deemed to be registered and licensed with effect from the first day of the month following upon the month in which such period of validity has expired. |
| (4) | If a motor vehicle contemplated in subregulation (1) or (2) is, with effect from a date after its registration and licensing in terms of the law of the prescribed territory concerned or Contracting State, ordinarily kept in a garage or at any other place in the Republic, such vehicle shall with effect from that date no longer be deemed to be registered and licensed in terms of that subregulation. |
[Regulation 4 substituted by regulation 5 of Notice No. R. 881 of 2004]
