National Road Traffic Act, 1996 (Act No. 93 of 1996)RegulationsNational Road Traffic Regulations, 2000Chapter VI : Fitness of VehiclesPart II : Equipment on or in respect of vehicles154. Specification for brakes |
| (1) | Subject to the provisions of subregulation (2), no person shall, after 1 January 1995, operate on a public road, a goods vehicle, the gross vehicle mass of which exceeds 3 500 kilograms, a mini-bus, bus or tractor which was registered for the first time on or after 1 January 1986, unless the brakes fitted to such vehicle comply with the standard specification SABS 1207 "Motor Vehicle Safety Standard Specification for Braking", the standard specification SABS 1051 "Motor Vehicle Safety Specification for Braking" or, in the case of a trailer with a gross vehicle mass exceeding 3500 kilograms and registered for the first time on or after 14 February 2004, the specification SABS ECE R13 "Uniform provision concerning approval of vehicle categories N, M and O with regard to braking. |
[Regulation 154(1) substituted by regulation 30 of Notice No. R. 881 of 2004]
| (2) | No person shall operate on a public road a tractor or a haulage tractor which is not designed for, or capable of operating at a speed exceeding 40 kilometres per hour on a reasonably level road, or a trailer drawn by such tractor, which is registered for the first time on or after 1 July 1999, unless the brakes fitted to such tractor or trailer comply with the standard specification SANS 1447 "Braking (motor and towed vehicles, designed for low speed or for use off public roads)" Part 1: "Low speed vehicles" and Part 2: "Low Speed Trailers" or the standard specification SANS 1207 "Braking", or the standard specification SANS 1051 "Braking (Part 1: General", Part 2: "Braking (Response time of braking devices on vehicle fitted with compressed-air braking devices), Part 3: "Braking (Energy sources and reservoirs), Part 4: Braking (Spring brakes), Part 5: Braking (Parking brakes: Mechanically locked brakes cylinder (lock actuator) type) and Part 6: Braking (Distribution of braking effort and compatibility of vehicles in combination)". |
[Regulation 154(2) substituted by regulation 43 of Notice No. R. 846 of 2014]
| (3) | a minibus, midibus or bus, operating in terms of an operating licence issued in accordance with the provisions of the NLTTA, and registered for the first time after 04 September 2006, shall comply with the requirements of the Type II test contemplated in SANS 1207 "Braking" or SANS 20013 " Uniform provisions concerning the approval of vehicles of categories M, N and O with regard to Braking". |
[Regulation 154(3) inserted by regulation 5 of Notice No. R. 871 of 2005, as revoked and replaced by regulation 5 of Notice No. R. 891 of 2006]
| (4) | No person shall operate on a public road a rapid transport bus or a rapid transport bus-train unless it complies with the requirements of SANS 20013. "Uniform provisions concerning the approval of vehicles of categories M, N and O with regard to braking. |
[Regulation 154(4) inserted by regulation 9 of Notice No. R. 359 of 2010]