| (1) | No person shall operate, on a public road, a minibus, midibus or bus unless— |
| (a) | the sides of the passenger compartment of a minibus, midibus or bus are enclosed to the height of at least 600 millimetres from the floor with material which is durable and weatherproof; |
| (b) | such minibus, midibus or bus is provided with a weatherproof roof. |
| (2) | No person shall operate a midibus, a minibus or bus operating in terms of an operating licence issued in accordance with the provisions of the NLTTA registered for the first time after 5 October 2001 on a public road, unless the height, along the longitudinal center-line, between the floor and the lowest part of the roof structure of such bus or minibus, between the floor and the ceiling of the lower deck of a double deck bus, as the case may be. |
| (a) | is in the case of a bus conveying standing persons, not less than 1,75 metres in the areas where persons may stand in terms of regulation 263; |
| (b) | in the case of a minibus not conveying standing persons, is not less than 1,5 metres; and in the case of a midibus, is not less than 1,75 metres; and |
| (c) | in the case of a rapid transport bus or a rapid transport bus-train is not less than 1, 9 metres. |
[Regulation 251(2) substituted by regulation 16 of Notice No. R. 359 of 2010]
| (3) | A minibus or midibus operating in terms of an operating licence issued in accordance with the provisions of the NLTTA shall not carry standing persons. |
[Regulation 251 substituted by regulation 13 of Notice No. R. 891 of 2006]
