Comment: Transport Law and Related Matters Amendment Bill [B 30-2012]

The Portfolio Committee on Transport invites interested people and stakeholders to submit written comments on theTransport Laws and Related Matters Amendment Bill [B30-2012]

The Bill seeks to:
▪ provide more effectively for the collection of toll
▪ amend the cross Border Road Transport Act, 1998 (Act No. 4 of 1998)
▪ empower the Cross-Border -Road Transport Agency
▪ collect toll on behalf of SANRAL
▪ amend the SANRAL Act by inserting a definition; to further provide for the differentiation in respect of the amount of toll that may be levied
▪ provide that regulations made by the Minister must be published by notice in the Gazette
▪ provide for the Minister to make regulations relating to specified toll-related matters
▪ provide for the Minister to publish draft regulations in the Gazette calling for public. Comment
▪ provide for certain presumptions relating to the driving, operation and use of vehicles on a toll road and the use of electronic evidence to prove an alleged contravention of the SANRAL Act; to exclude the levying
▪ collection of toll from the. ambit of the National Credit Act, 2005; and to amend the contents of the SANRAL Act.

Comments can be emailed to Valerie Carelse at [email protected] by no later than Monday, 12 November2012

Enquiries can be directed to Valerie Carelse on tel (021) 403 3272 or cell 083 709 8445


Issued by Ms NR Bhengu, MP, Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Transport

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The document is also available here: www.pmg.org.za/bill