National Road Traffic Act, 1996 (Act No. 93 of 1996)Chapter VII : Road safety52. Powers and functions of chief executive officer |
| 1) | The chief executive officer may – |
| a) | prepare a comprehensive research programme to effect road safety in the Republic, carry it out systematically and assign research projects to persons who, in his or her opinion, are best equipped to carry them out; |
| b) | give guidance regarding road safety in the Republic by means of the organizing of national congresses, symposiums, summer schools and study weeks, by means of mass-communication media and in any other manner deemed fit by the chief executive officer. |
| 2) | In order to perform his or her functions properly the chief executive officer may – |
| a) | publish a periodical to promote road safety in the Republic; |
| b) | give guidance to associations or bodies working towards the promotion of road safety in the Republic; |
| c) | organise national congresses, symposiums, summer schools and study weeks; |
| d) | with a view to promoting road safety in the national sphere, publish advertisements in the mass-communication media. |
| 3) | The chief executive officer shall exercise his or her powers and perform his or her functions subject to the control and directions of the Shareholders Committee. |