[Heading amended by regulation 31(a) of Notice No. R. 404 of 2007
| (1) | For the purposes of this regulation contour or strip marking means yellow side and rear retro-reflective material that shall comply with SABS ECE R104 "Uniform provisions concerning the approval of retro-reflective markings for heavy and long vehicles and their trailers": Provided that— |
| (a) | application for (paragraph 3 of SABS ECE R 104) and approval of paragraph 5 of SABS ECE R104 shall not be required, but the letter "C" indicating contour marking as referred to in paragraph 5.4.3.1 of SABS ECE R104 and the circle surrounding the letter "E" followed by the distinguishing number of the country which has granted approval as referred to in paragraph 5.4.1 of SABS ECE R104, shall be brought on to the retro-reflective marking material; and |
| (b) | that advertising consisting of retro-reflective logos, distinctive markings or letters or characters may be used if it complies with the standard and used in conjunction with contour markings, excluding strips denoting the manufacturer concerned. |
| (a) | a goods vehicle with a gross vehicle mass exceeding 3500 kilograms; shall be permanently affixed with contour markings on the side and the rear of such vehicle and the rear contour markings may not be affixed more than 600 millimetres from the lower part of the body of such vehicle. |
| (b) | a goods vehicle with a length of more than 7 metres shall be permanently affixed with contour markings as contemplated in paragraph (a) from 1 July 2004. |
| (c) | a trailer or caravan first registered on or after 1 January 2004 be permanently affixed with side and rear contour markings, contemplated in paragraph (a). |
| (d) | any trailer or caravan shall from 1 July 2006 be permanently affixed with side and rear contour markings, as contemplated in paragraph (a). (e) a bus first registered from 1 July 2004 shall be permanently affixed with side and rear markings as contemplated in paragraph (a). |
| (f) | any midibus or bus operating in terms of an operating licence issued in accordance with the provisions of the NLTTA, shall from 04 September 2006, be permanently affixed with side and rear markings as contemplated in paragraph (a). |
| (g) | a minibus operating in terms of an operating licence issued in accordance with the provisions of the NLTTA, first registered on or after 04 September 2006, and operating in terms of an operating licence, be permanently affixed with side and rear markings as contemplated in paragraph (a). |
| (h) | any midibus operating in terms of an operating licence issued in accordance with the provisions of the NLTTA shall from 1 January 2007 be permanently affixed with side and rear markings as contemplated in paragraph (a); and |
| (i) | a motor home first registered from 1 July 2007 shall be permanently affixed with contour or strip marking as contemplated in paragraph (a). |
[Regulation 192A substituted by regulation 50 of Notice No. R. 846 of 2014]
