| (1) | If the examiner for driving licences is satisfied that the applicant complies with the requirements for the issue of a professional driving permit or in the case f an application in terms of regulation 121, the examiner concerned shall forthwith, if he or she is satisfied that the applicant must be issued with a professional driving permit and that the applicant is not disqualified from holding a driving licence as contemplated in section 15(1)(f)(vi) of the Act read with regulation 102— |
| (a) | complete the authorisation to issue the professional driving permit on form PD1, as shown in Schedule 2 and record the authorisation on the register of professional driving permits; |
| (b) | ensure, from the date referred to in regulation 117(e), that the applicant holds a training certificate referred to in the said regulation, if applicable; |
| (c) | except for in the circumstances mentioned in paragraph (d), the examiner for driving licences shall— |
| (i) | take an imprint of the left thumb and right thumb of the applicant, and should the applicant not have a left or right thumb, an imprint of such fingers as specified by the image capturing system, the identification of which shall be noted on the image capturing system; |
| (ii) | capture the photographic image of the applicant on the image capturing system depicting only the head and shoulders of the applicant and showing the applicant's full face and subject to regulation 103(1)(a)(vii), showing the applicant without headgear; |
| (iii) | capture the signature image of the applicant on the image capturing system; |
| (iv) | ensure that the applicant's vision complies with the requirements referred to in regulation 102 by using the image capturing system. Provided that should the applicant fail the automated vision test, the verbal vision test shall be used; |
| (v) | print the image capture sheet on form ICS as shown in Schedule 2 from the image capturing system; |
| (vi) | record the barcode number on the image capture sheet on the application form submitted in terms of regulation 106 (1) and on the register of driving licences; |
| (vii) | retain the image capture sheet for record purposes; and |
| (viii) | send the disk containing the finger print images, signature and photograph to the Card Production Facility not later than two working days after the date of the authorisation referred to in paragraph (a) and, upon receipt of the fee for the issuance of a driving licence as determined by the MEC of the province concerned, if such fee has not already been paid for the simultaneous issue of a driving licence, order the driving licence card on which the professional driving permit appears from that facility. |
Provided that the tasks mentioned in items (vi) to (viii) may be performed by an appropriately trained and appointed employee of the driving licence testing centre concerned;
| (d) | only in the case where the driving licence testing centre concerned has not been equipped with an image capturing system or in the case where the driving licence testing centre concerned has been equipped with one or more image capturing systems and all or at least two such image capturing systems are not available due to a failure and such failure has been reported according to the call logging procedures or in the case where the MEC has specifically given authority to the driving licence testing centre to use this procedure, the examiner for driving licences shall— |
| (i) | ensure that the applicant's vision complies with the requirements referred to in regulation 102; |
| (ii) | take an imprint of the left thumb and right thumb of the applicant on the image scanning sheet (form ISS) and the duplicate of it, and should the applicant not have a left or right thumb, an imprint of such fingers as specified on the ISS form, the identification of which shall be noted on the image scanning sheet; |
| (iii) | affix one photograph of the applicant to the image scanning sheet (form ISS) and one photograph to its duplicate; |
| (iv) | ensure that the same barcode number appears on form ISS and the duplicate of it; |
| (v) | ensure that the applicant signs form ISS and the duplicate of it; |
| (vi) | retain the duplicate of form ISS for record purposes; |
| (vii) | record the barcode number of the image scanning sheet (form ISS) on the application form submitted in terms of regulation 106 (1) and on the register of driving licences; and |
| (viii) | send form ISS to the Card Production Facility not later than two working days after the date of the authorisation referred to in paragraph (a) and, upon receipt of the fee for the issuance of a driving licence as determined by the MEC of the province concerned, if such fee has not already been paid for the simultaneous issue of a driving licence, order the driving licence card on which the professional driving permit appears from that facility. |
Provided that the tasks mentioned in items (vi) to (viii) may be performed by an appropriately trained and appointed employee of the driving licence testing centre concerned.
[Regulation 119(1) substituted by regulation 25(a) of Notice No. R. 404 of 2007]
| (1A) | The driving licence testing centre shall pay over to the Card Production Facility such part of the fee, referred to in subregulation (1), payable in accordance with the agreement between that Facility and the Corporation, the amount of which shall be published in the notice contemplated in regulation 108(1A). |
(2)
| (a) | On receipt of the disk referred to in subregulation (1)(c)(viii) or form ISS referred to in subregulation (1)(d)(vii) and the order for the driving licence card, the Card Production Facility shall, if the images recorded onto the disk or image scanning sheet concerned are accepted— |
| (i) | personalise and produce the driving licence card on form DL3 as shown in Schedule 2; and |
| (ii) | forward the driving licence card and notice NCD as shown in Schedule 2 to the driving licence testing centre concerned. |
| (b) | If the images recorded onto the disk or image scanning sheet concerned are not accepted by the Card Production Facility, the applicant shall again report to the driving licence testing centre for the repeat of subregulation (1)(c) or, if approved by the driving licence testing centre, submit a further two photographs of himself or herself that comply with regulation 103(1) upon receipt of which the examiner for driving licences shall repeat subregulation (1)(d). |
[Regulation 119(2) substituted by regulation 25(b) of Notice No. R. 404 of 2007]
| (3) | On receipt of the driving licence card referred to in subregulation (2), the driving licence testing centre shall— |
| (a) | record the receipt of the driving licence card on which the professional driving permit appears, on the register of professional driving permits; |
| (b) | notify the applicant on form NCD as shown in Schedule 2, to collect such driving licence card at such centre; |
| (c) | after presentation of the applicant's acceptable identification and the submission of every licence and professional driving permit held by such applicant, issue such driving licence card to the applicant; |
| (d) | ensure that the applicant acknowledges receipt of the driving licence card on the application form; and |
| (e) | update the register of professional driving permits accordingly to reflect the issue of the driving licence card. |
| (4) | An examiner for driving licences or a person authorised thereto shall deface an unclaimed driving licence card on which a professional driving permit appears 120 days after the notice referred to in subregulation (3)(b) was posted, except previously otherwise agreed with the applicant, and record the defacement of such driving licence card on the register of professional driving permits. |
