Divorce Act, 1979
R 385
Road Accident Fund Act, 1996 (Act No. 56 of 1996)RegulationsRoad Accident Fund Regulations, 20082. Further provision for liability of Fund in terms of section 17(1)(b) |
| (1) |
| (a) | A claim for compensation referred to in section 17(1)(b) of the Act shall be sent or delivered to the Fund in accordance with the provisions of section 24 of the Act, within two years from the date upon which the cause of action arose. |
| (b) | A right to claim compensation from the Fund under section 17(1)(b) of the Act in respect of loss or damage arising from the driving of a motor vehicle in the case where the identity of neither the owner nor the driver thereof has been established, shall become prescribed upon the expiry of a period of two years from the date upon which the cause of action arose, unless a claim has been lodged in terms of paragraph (a). |
| (c) | In the event of a claim having been lodged in terms of paragraph (a) such claim shall not prescribe before the expiry of a period of five years from the date upon which the cause of action arose. |
| (2) | Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any law a claim for compensation referred to in section 17(1)(b) of the Act shall be sent or delivered to the Fund within two years from the date upon which the cause of action arose irrespective of any legal disability to which the third party concerned may be subject. |
