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National Land Transport Act, 2009 (Act No. 5 of 2009)

Chapter 2 : Institutional Arrangements for Land Transport

23. Establishment of Provincial Regulatory Entities

 

Institutional arrangements: Provincial Regulatory Entities

 

(1) Every MEC must establish a Provincial Regulatory Entity within the relevant provincial department, to perform the functions of that entity in the province.

 

(2) The Provincial Regulatory Entity must consist of dedicated officials of the provincial department, appointed either on a full-time or part-time basis by virtue of their specialized knowledge, training or experience of public transport or related matters and is accountable to the head of the provincial government.

 

(3) No serving member of Parliament or of a provincial legislature or councilor of a municipal council may be an official of the Provincial Regulatory Entity.

 

(4) No person contemplated in section 13 may be an official of the Provincial Regulatory Entity.