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Cross-Border Road Transport Act, 1998 (Act No. 4 of 1998)

Part 6 : Regulatory functions of Board

27. Freight transport

 

(1) The Regulatory Committee must take the following into consideration in making a decision in relation to any application for the granting, renewal or amendment of permits for cross-border freight road transport based on the information presented to it by the Chief Executive Officer:

[Words preceding subsection 1(a) substituted by section 5(a) of Act No. 12 of 2008]

(a) whether the applicant and the vehicle comply with the relevant provisions of the National Road Traffic Act, 1989 (Act No. 93 of 1996);

[Subsection (1)(a) substituted by section 5(b) of Act No. 12 of 2008]

(b) whether the applicant has a good road transport law enforcement profile based on the information contained in the points demerit system, referred to in section 45;
(c) whether the applicant has forwarded the completed consignment notes, as prescribed, in respect of the previous permits which were held by the applicant;
(d) a foreign state’s track record with regard to reciprocity where the applicant is from a state with which South Africa does not have an agreement providing for permits with extraterritorial jurisdiction;
(e) in the case of an application for a cabotage permit, the following considerations:
(i) the foreign state’s track record on granting cabotage permits to South African carriers;
(ii) whether a South African carrier is able to provide a similar service;
(eA) whether a South African carrier has submitted a valid tax clearance certificate from the South African Revenue Services indicating that the applicant's tax affairs are in order;

[Subsection (1)(eA) inserted by section 5(c) of Act No. 12 of 2008]

(eB) any conditions, factors or criteria specified in a relevant agreement contemplated in section 2 or specified or determined by a joint committee or similar body in terms of such an agreement; and

[Subsection (1)(eB) inserted by section 5(c) of Act No. 12 of 2008]

(f) any other factor which, in the opinion of the Chief Executive Officer, must be considered.

 

(1A) Where the applicant is a South African carrier the Board must take into account—
(a) the promotion of small business;
(b) the empowerment of persons historically disadvantaged by unfair discrimination; and
(c) any relevant code of good practice or transformation charter published in terms of the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Act, 2003 (Act No. 53 of 2003).

[Subsection (1A) inserted by section 5(d) of Act No. 12 of 2008]

 

(2) Where an application is granted, the Regulatory Committee may issue a permit subject to such conditions or requirements as it may deem necessary.

 

(3) In the case of a combination of vehicles, a single permit must be issued for the truck-tractor and its trailers and semi-trailers, but not in the case of cabotage, where separate permits must he issued in accordance with section 31(3).

[Subsection (3) inserted by section 5(e) of Act No. 12 of 2008]