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NATIONAL LEGISLATION OVERVIEWS
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Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences Act, No. 46 of 1998 ("AARTO")

Long title


To promote road traffic quality by providing for a scheme to discourage road traffic contraventions, to facilitate the adjudication of road traffic infringements, to support the prosecution of offences in terms of the national and provincial laws relating to road traffic, and implement a points demerit system; to provide for the establishment of an agency to administer the scheme; to provide for the establishment of a board to represent the agency; and to provide for matters connected therewith.

Table of contents

SECTION TITLE

CONTENTS OF ACT

CHAPTER I. INTERPRETATION OF ACT
1.  Definitions
2.  Objects of Act

CHAPTER II. ROAD TRAFFIC INFRINGEMENT AGENCY
3.  Establishment of agency
4.  Objects and functions of agency
5.  Subcontracting
6.  Road Traffic Infringement Agency Board
7.  Functions of board
8.  Appointment of registrar
9.  Appointment of deputy registrars
10.  Appointment of representations officers
11.  Administrative staff and remuneration
12.  Appointment of sheriffs
13.  Financing of agency
14.  Bookkeeping, auditing and reporting
15.  Banking account
16.  Limitation of liability

CHAPTER III. ADJUDICATION PROCEDURE
17.  Infringement notice
18.  Representations
19.  Courtesy letter
19A.  Options [...inserted by Act 2002_072_011]
19B. Payments [...inserted by Act 2002_072_011]
20. Enforcement order
21.  Warrant
22.  Trial
23.  Simultaneous commission of offence and infringement

CHAPTER IV. POINTS DEMERIT SYSTEM
24.  Points demerit system
25.  Prohibition on driving or operating motor vehicle
26.  Notification
27.  Cancellation of driving licence, professional driving permit and operator card
28.  Reduction of demerit points
29. Categorisation of offences, infringements and demerit points

CHAPTER V. GENERAL MATTERS
30. Service of documents
31. Penalties
32. Apportionment of penalties
33. Access to information
34. Regulations
35. Transitional provisions
36. Short title and commencement

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