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"issuing authority"

means—

(a) local authority contemplated in Chapter 7 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, the Local Government Transition Act, 1993 (Act No. 209 of 1993), or any other applicable law;
(b) a provincial administration;
(c) the Road Traffic Management Corporation, established under section 4 of the Road Traffic Management Corporation Act, 1999; or
(d) any other state institution declared by the Minister by regulation to be an issuing authority,

in so far as such authority, administration or state institution is responsible for road traffic and road transport matters;

[Definition substituted by section 1(h) 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)]