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Road Accident Fund Act, 1996 (Act No. 56 of 1996)

26. Regulations

 

(1) The Minister shall or may make regulations to prescribe any matter which in terms of this Act shall or may be prescribed or which may be necessary or expedient to prescribe in order to achieve or promote the object of this Act.

 

(1A) Without derogating from the generality of subsection (1), the Minister may make regulations regarding—
(a) the method of assessment to determine whether, for purposes of section 17, a serious injury has been incurred;
(b) injuries which are, for the purposes of section 17, not regarded as serious injuries;
(c) the resolution of disputes arising from any matter provided for in this Act.

 

(1B) Any regulation made under subsection (1A)(a) or (b) must be made after consultation with the Minister of Health.

 

(2) Any regulation contemplated in subsection (1) or (1A) may for any contravention of or failure to comply with its provisions or the provisions of this Act, provide for penalties of a fine or imprisonment for a period not exceeding three months.