| (1) | No person shall operate on a public road a minibus, bus, goods vehicle or mobile crane which, according to the registration certificate thereof— |
| (a) | was registered for the first time prior to 1 January 1989 and of which the gross vehicle mass exceeds 3 500 kilograms; or |
| (b) | was registered for the first time on or after 1 January 1989, |
unless the following particulars in respect of such minibus, bus, goods vehicle or mobile crane are clearly imprinted or stamped on a metal plate or plates affixed in an accessible place on a door post, under the bonnet or on the dash board of the vehicle concerned or, in the case of a trailer, on the left side thereof in any conspicuous place:
| (i) | The tare in kilograms (denoted as T); |
| (ii) | the gross vehicle mass in kilograms (denoted as GVM/BVM); |
| (iii) | the gross axle massload or gross axle unit massload of each axle or axle unit in kilograms (denoted as GA/BA and GAU/BAE, respectively); |
| (iv) | in the case of a semi-trailer the gross kingpin massload as specified by the manufacturer (denoted as GKM/BSM); |
| (v) | the gross combination mass in kilograms (denoted as GCM/BKM)— |
| (aa) | in the case of a vehicle that is used to draw any other vehicle; and |
| (bb) | in the case of a breakdown vehicle registered for the first time from the date of commencement of this item; |
[Regulation 245(1)(b)(v) substituted by regulation 47(a) of Notice No. 2116 of 2001]
| (vi) | where applicable, the net power in kilowatts as determined in accordance with or calculated with due regard to code of practice SABS 013 "The determination of performance (at net power) of internal combustion engines"; |
| (vii) | the permissible maximum vehicle mass referred to in regulation 236 in kilograms (denoted as V): Provided that this item is not applicable in respect of a semi-trailer; |
| (viii) | the permissible maximum axle massload referred to in regulation 234 or axle unit massload referred to in regulation 235 of each axle or axle unit in kilograms (denoted as A and AU/AK, respectively); and |
| (ix) | the permissible maximum drawing vehicle mass referred to in regulation 244(c) (denoted as D/T). |
Provided that the provisions of this subregulation shall not apply to a good vehicle or mobile crane the gross vehicle mass of which does not exceed 3 500 kilograms and which was registered for the first time on or after 1 January 1989, and that has fitted;
| (a) | a metal data plate or plates affixed by rivets, or by welding, or by any other method that will achieve permanency of attachment during the life of the vehicle, in a conspicuous and readily accessible position on a part not subject to replacement, or |
| (b) | a self-adhesive tamperproof metal or plastics label that is not transferable from one vehicle to another, is clearly legible, and undergoes permanent and obvious damage on removal. The self- adhesive tamperproof label shall be resistant to engine oils, to engine coolants, to normal engine temperatures and to humidity, |
in a conspicuous and readily accessible position on a part not subject to replacement, with the following particulars of such good vehicle or mobile crane , legibly and indelibly printed or stamped, with the following details:
| (i) | the gross vehicle mass, in kilograms, for the model type, denoted and prefixed by the letters GVM/BVM; |
| (ii) | the gross combination mass, in kilograms, for the model type, denoted and prefixed by the letters GCM/BKM; and |
| (iii) | the gross axle mass-load of each axle, or the gross axle unit mass-load of each axle unit, in kilograms, for the model type, denoted and prefixed by the letters GA/BA or GAU/BAE, as applicable. |
Provided further that if the information is supplied in the following order, the abbreviations given in (i), (ii) and (iii) above are not required:
| (b) | gross combination mass; and |
| (c) | gross axle masses in the order front to rear. |
[Proviso to regulation 245(1) inserted by regulation 37 of Notice No. R. 404 of 2007]
| (2) | No person shall operate on a public road a tractor unless it is fitted with a metal plate on which is imprinted— |
| (a) | the net power of the engine in kilowatts as determined in terms of code of practice SABS 013 "The determination of performance (at net power) of internal combustion engines", Part 1: "Road vehicle internal combustion engines at sea level", Part 2: "Compression ignition engines and altitude", Part 3: "Agricultural vehicle internal combustion engines at sea level" (denoted as P/D); |
| (aA) | within six months from the date of commencement of this paragraph, the tare in kilograms (denoted as T); |
[Regulation 245(2)(aA) inserted by regulation 47(b) of Notice No. 2116 of 2001]
| (b) | the gross combination mass in kilograms (denoted as GCM/BKM); and |
| (c) | the permissible maximum drawing vehicle mass referred to in regulation 244(c) (denoted as D/T): |
Provided that the provisions of this subregulation shall apply—
| (i) | from 1 January 1993 in respect of a tractor which according to the registration certificate thereof was registered for the first time on or after 1 January 1993; and |
| (ii) | from 1 January 1995 in respect of a tractor which according to the registration certificate thereof was registered for the first time before 1 January 1993. |
[Regulation 245 substituted by regulation 58 of Notice No. r. 846 of 2014]
