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MPUMALANGA PROVINCIAL LEGISLATION OVERVIEWS
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Mpumalanga Road Traffic Act, No. 4 of 1998

Long title


To consolidate and amend the provisions related to road traffic and to provide for matters connected therewith.

Table of contents

SECTION TITLE

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
1. Definitions

CHAPTER I. REGISTERING AUTHORITIES AND OFFICERS
2. Appointment of registering authorities
3. Appointment of officers
4. Application for registration as inspector of licences, examiner of vehicles, examiner for driving licences or traffic officer
5. Registration and grading of officers
6. Suspension and withdrawal of registration of officer
7. Powers and functions of inspector of licences
8. Powers and functions of examiner of vehicles
9. Powers and functions of examiner for driving licences
10. Powers and functions of traffic officer
11. Failure to comply with instruction or direction of inspector of licences, traffic officer, examiner of vehicles or peace officer
12. Impersonating authorized officer or peace officer or inducing any such officer to forsake his or her duty

CHAPTER II. INSTRUCTORS
13. Instructor to be registered and graded
14. Application for registration as instructor
15. Registration and grading of instructors
16. Suspension and cancellation of registration of instructor

CHAPTER III. INSPECTORATE OF TESTING STATIONS AND DRIVING LICENCE TESTING CENTRES
17. Appointment of inspectorate of testing stations
18. Appointment of inspectorate of driving licence testing centres

CHAPTER IV. PARKING FEES
19. Power of local authority to collect parking fees

CHAPTER V. PRESUMPTIONS AND LEGAL PROCEDURE
20. Presumption in regard to public road, freeway and public road in urban are
21. Presumption that owner drove or parked vehicle
22. Presumption in regard to officers

CHAPTER VI. APPEALS
23. Right of appeal to Premier
24. Right of appeal to responsible Member

CHAPTER VII. REGULATIONS AND BY-LAWS
25. Power of responsible Member to make regulations
26. Power of local authority to make by-laws
27. Local authority may determine fees

CHAPTER VIII. REGISTERS AND RECORDS
28. Registers or records to be kept
29. Copy of entry in register or record to be evidence
30. Cognizance may be taken of information contained in register or record

CHAPTER IX. GENERAL PROVISIONS
31. Special provisions relating to parking
32. Responsible Member may authorise certain refunds
33. Registering authority subject to inspection by Auditor-General
34. Inspections for ensuring that provisions of this Act are being given effect to
35. Variation of prescribed form
36. Signature upon documents
37. Service of notices
38. State bound
39. Offences and penalties
40. Apportionment of fees
41. Apportionment of fines
42. Delegation
43. Repeal of laws and savings
44. Short title and commencement
Sch. SCHEDULE. [s43]
 
Legal Timeline of this Act

Timeline dates of Act Description of the Timeline event Sections affected by the Timeline event
1998/08/31 Date Act was assented to
1998/12/07 (being the date fixed by the Premier, in terms of s44, by publication in the Provincial Gazette PG00388) Date sections came into force  s43(1);
2001/08/03 (being the date fixed by the Premier, in terms of s44, by publication in the Provincial Gazette PG00749) Date sections came into force s1(1)[iro definitions of "by-law", "Director-General", "National Road Traffic Act 1996", "Premier", "prescribe", "Province", "regulation", "responsible Member" and "this Act"]; s1(2); s19; s20; s21; s22; s25(1)(b) to (h), and s25(2) to (5); s26; s27; s28; s29; s30; s31; s32; s33; s34; s35; s36; s37; s38; s39(1), (3) and (4); s40; s41; s42; s43(2); s44;
0000/00/00 (being the date/s fixed by the Premier, in terms of s44, by proclamation in the Provincial Gazette) Date sections came into force Long title; s1(1)[iro definitions other than definitions of "by-law", "Director-General", "National Road Traffic Act 1996", "Premier", "prescribe", "Province", "regulation", "responsible Member" and "this Act"]; s2; s3; s4; s5; s6; s7; s8; s9; s10; s11; s12; s13; s14; s15; s16; s17; s18; s23; s24; s25(1)(a); s25(6); s39(2); Sch;
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