Transport Appeal Tribunal Act, 1998 (Act No. 39 of 1998)

Regulations

Transport Appeal Tribunal Regulations, 2026

1. Definitions

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In these Regulations, any word or expression which is defined in the Transport Appeal Tribunal Act No.39 of 1998, the National Land Transport Act or the Cross-Border Road Transport Act has the same meaning, unless the context indicates otherwise:

“Act" or “the Act”

means the Transport Appeal Tribunal Act, 1998, as amended, (Act No. 39 of 1998);

"appeal"

means any appeal lodged with the Tribunal in terms of the National Land Transport Act, Cross-Border Road Transport Act or Transport Appeal Tribunal Act;

“appeal fee”

means the fee prescribed in Annexure 2;

"appellant"

means any person appealing to the Tribunal in terms of the National Land Transport Act, Cross-Border Road Transport Act or Transport Appeal Tribunal Act;

“chairperson”

means the chairperson of the Tribunal appointed under section 5 of the Act and includes any member thereof who is acting as chairperson under that section;

“Cross-Border Road Transport Act”

means the Cross-Border Road Transport Act, 1998 (Act No. 4 of 1998), as amended;

"day"

means any day which is not a Saturday, Sunday, public holiday or falls between the dates of 15 December to 15 January;

“decision”

means the outcome of the appeal process when the appeal has been finalised and the appellant receives or forfeits the appeal lodging fee;

“deliver”

means use of electronic mode, registered post or personal service;

"designated official"

means an officer in the Department of Transport whom the Director–General has designated in terms of section 16(1) of the Act to perform the administrative and secretarial work of the Tribunal or to undertake investigations;

“entity”

means the regulatory entity as defined in the National Land Transport Act or the Regulatory Committee as defined in the Cross-Border Road Transport Act, as the case may be, against which an appeal has been lodged.

“Integrated Transport Plan”

means an integrated transport plan contemplated in section 36 of the National Land Transport Act;

“National Land Transport Act”

means the National Land Transport Act, 2009 (Act No. 5 of 2009), as amended;

“party to the appeal”

means and may include the following persons:

(a)	the appellant;

(b)	the aggrieved applicant in the application relating to the act, direction, decision or omission of the entity in question, if not the appellant;

(c)	the holder of any operating licence or permit affected by the act, direction or decision of the entity if not the appellant or aggrieved person;

(d)	any other person interested in or affected by such act, direction, decision or omission, and

(e)

any person who was a party to or participated in the process leading up to the act, direction, decision or omission which is the subject matter of the appeal, either as an applicant, objector or a person who submitted representations or who has been identified as the appellant or a respondent in the notice of appeal or has been recognised as such by the Tribunal;

“person”

means a natural person, a juristic person, partnership and or trust;

"planning authority"

means a municipality that is a planning authority as defined in the National Land Transport Act;

“ruling”

means an interim outcome during appeal processes;

“serve”

means deliver to the person concerned by—

(a)	delivering a copy to the person personally;

(b)	leaving a copy at the place of residence or business of the person with a person apparently in charge of the premises;

(c)	delivering a copy to the place of employment;

(d)	in the case of a corporation, company or other juristic person by delivering a copy to a responsible employee thereof at its registered office or principal place of business or by affixing a copy to the main door of such office or place of business; or

(e)	delivering a copy to an agent or representative appointed by the person to represent him, her or it at the proceedings before the regulatory entity; or

(f)	sending a copy electronically to the relevant person or their agent or representative.