| (2) |
A courtesy letter must— |
| (a) |
inform the infringer that he or she has failed to comply with the infringement notice; |
| (b) |
give notice that the infringer must, not later than 32 days after the date of service of the courtesy letter— |
| (ii) |
pay the penalty and the prescribed fee of the courtesy letter to the Authority; and |
| (iii) |
[Section 19(2)(b)(iii) deleted by section 9(c) of the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences Amendment Act, 2019 (Act No. 4 of 2019), Notice No. 1080, GG42648, dated 19 August 2019 - shall come into operation, (a) 1 December 2025 and, (b) 1 April 2026 respectively, per Proclamation 272 of GG53099, dated 1 August 2025 except for section 2(g)] |
| (c) |
state that a failure to comply with the requirements of the courtesy letter within the time permitted, will result in the registrar issuing an enforcement order in terms of section 20. |
| (3) |
If an infringer pays the penalty and fee as contemplated in subsection (2)(b), the Authority must— |
| (b) |
record the demerit points incurred by the infringer in the National Road Traffic Offences; |
| (c) |
notify the infringer by registered mail in the prescribed manner that the demerit points have been recorded against his or her name in the National Road Traffic Offences in respect of the infringement in question; and |
| (d) |
provide the infringer with a printout of the demerit points incurred by him or her to date, together with an indication of the number of points left before his or her driving licence, professional driving permit or operator card is suspended in terms of section 25 or cancelled in terms of section 27. |
[Section 19 shall come into operation (a) 1 December 2025 and, (b) 1 April 2026 respectively per Proclamation 274 of GG53099, dated 1 August 2025 as shown in Annexures A and B]
Superior Courts Act, 2013
