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Road Transportation Amendment Act, 1979 (No. 93 of 1979)
GENERAL EXPLANATORY NOTE:
__ Words underlined with solid line indicate insertions in existing enactments.
Act
- to amend the provisions of the Road Transportation Act, 1977, so as
- to make further provision for the conveyance of farm labourers by farmers;
- relating to the conveyance of goods by means of goods vehicles the carrying capacity of which does not exceed certain masses; and
- to provide for the making of regulations imposing conditions in respect of certain forms of conveyance; and
- for matters connected therewith.
(Afrikaans text signed by the State President.)
(Assented to 21 June 1979.)
Be it enacted by the State President, the Senate and the House of Assembly of the Republic of South Africa, as follows:-
Amendment of section 1 of Act 74 of 1977.
1. Section 1 of the Road Transportation Act, 1977, is hereby amended:-
(a) by the insertion after subparagraph (iii) of paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of the following subparagraph:
"(iiiA) between the lace where the are so employed and any other place within the Republic to do any shopping or to attend any church service or funeral or for purposes . of any sports or recreational meeting; or";
(b) by the substitution for paragraph (l) of subsection (2) of the following paragraph:
"(I) the conveyance of goods by means of a goods vehicle of which the carrying capacity does not exceed one thousand kilograms under authority of a public permit which may be issued by the commission if the carrier concerned satisfies the commission in writing within one month after the date of commencement of the Road Transportation Amendment Act, 1979, that such goods vehicle was used on 1 April 1979 for such conveyance and was on such date of commencement still so used;";
(c) by the insertion after paragraph (l) of subsection (2) of the following paragraph:
"(lA) the conveyance by any person (except a carrier) who carries on any industry, trade or business, of his own goods in the course of such industry, trade or business by means of a goods vehicle (except a trailer) of which the gross vehicle· mass does not exceed two thousand five hundred kilograms;";
(d) by the substitution for paragraph (w) of subsection (2) of the following paragraph:
"(w) the conveyance in the manner and on the conditions prescribed by regulation of goods solely within the boundaries of an exempted area by means of a motor vehicle which is registered within such exempted area under the law governing the registration of motor vehicles in force in that area, provided such motor vehicle is identified in the manner prescribed by regulation;";
(e) by the substitution for paragraph (x) of subsection (2) of the following paragraph:
"(x) the conveyance of goods for reward by a carrier in the manner and on the conditions prescribed by regulation exclusively within an area with a radius of forty kilometres from such carrier's business address from where business is actually undertaken, by means of a motor vehicle which is identified in the manner prescribed by regulation and which is registered within the area concerned under the law governing the registration of motor vehicles in force in that area;";
(f) by the substitution for paragraph (y) of subsection (2) of the following paragraph:
"(y) the conveyance, in the manner and on the conditions prescribed by regulation, by a person who carries on any industry or trade or business, of his own goods in the course of his industry or trade or business exclusively within an area with a radius of eighty kilometres from any place where he carries on such industry, trade or business, by means of a motor vehicle of which such person is the owner and which is registered within the area concerned under the law governing the registration of motor vehicles in force in that area, provided such motor vehicle is identified in the manner prescribed by regulation;".
Short title.
2. This Act shall be called the Road Transportation Amendment Act, 1979.
Commencement
4 July 1979
