| (a) | a person's driving licence card has been stolen, lost, destroyed or defaced; or |
| (b) | a driving licence testing centre has authorised that a driving licence be issued to a person, and the driving licence card is being processed by the Card Production Facility, |
a duly completed form TDL as shown in Schedule 2, issued by an examiner for driving licences or a person duly authorised to do so, shall be an authorisation in terms of section 12 of the Act, for a period of six months from its date of issue, or until the date which the person to whom it was issued, receives his or her original or duplicate driving licence card, whichever date is the earlier.
| (2) | A person referred to in— |
| (a) | subregulation (1)(a), may request the said form TDL, from any driving licence testing centre; or |
| (b) | subregulation (1)(b), may request form TDL from the driving licence testing centre which authorised that the driving licence be issued. |
| (3) | The request referred to in subregulation (2) shall be done on form DL1 and be accompanied by— |
| (a) | acceptable identification of the person concerned; |
| (b) | two photographs of such person that comply with regulation 103(1); and |
| (c) | if the applicant does not hold, or has never held, a driving licence authorising the driving of a motor vehicle of a class to which the application relate, the appropriate fees for an application for form TDL as determined by the MEC of the province concerned. |
| (4) | On receipt of the request, an examiner for driving licences or a person authorised to do so shall— |
| (a) | in the circumstances referred to in subregulation (2)(a), determine whether the person is the holder of a valid licence; |
| (b) | in the circumstances referred to in subregulation (2)(b), determine the code of licence as contained in the authorisation as referred to in regulation 108(1)(a); |
| (c) | complete form TDL as shown in Schedule 2 and indicate the codes of driving licences and professional driving permits, if applicable, held by the person concerned; |
| (d) | affix one photograph to the original form TDL and one photograph to its carbon copy, or to the application form if the form TDL was printed by the computerised register; |
| (e) | ensure that the person signs the form TDL; |
| (f) | affix one lamination strip to the original form TDL and another to its carbon copy, or to the application form if the form TDL was printed by the computerised register, to cover the photograph, personal particulars, code of licence and professional driving permit, if applicable, of such person; and |
| (g) | issue the original form TDL to the person concerned and retain its carbon copy, or the application form if the form TDL was printed by the computerised register, for record purposes. |
(5)
| (a) | Subject to paragraphs (b) and (c), a copy of an affidavit regarding the theft, loss, destruction or defacement of a licence made at a driving licence testing centre or police station and which— |
| (i) | contains the official date stamp of the authority concerned; |
| (bb) | identity number or date of birth; |
| (dd) | code of licence with all endorsements and restrictions applicable thereto, of the deponent; and |
| (iii) | describes the circumstances under which the licence was stolen, lost, destroyed or defaced, |
shall be an authorisation in terms of section 12 of the Act, for a period of three days after the date on which it was issued.
| (b) | If the affidavit referred to in paragraph (a) is made at a police station, such affidavit shall also contain the crime administration number (CAS) or the occurrence book number (OB), as the case may be. |
| (c) | The driving licence testing centre or police station at which an affidavit is made shall retain the original affidavit for record purposes. |
