| (1) | No person shall operate on a public road— |
| (a) | a minibus operating in terms of an operating license issued in accordance with the provisions of the NLTTA, first registered after 04 September 2006 unless the passageway of such minibus as an unimpeded longitudinal passageway which is at least— |
| (i) | 300 millimetres wide from floor to seat level; and |
| (ii) | 350 millimetres wide above any armrests. |
| (2) | No person shall operate on a public road a midibus or bus operating in terms of an operating license issued in accordance with the provisions of the NLTTA, first registered after 04 September 2006, unless the passenger compartment of such midibus or bus has an unimpeded longitudinal passageway with a cross passageway, which passageways are at least— |
| (i) | 300 millimetres wide from floor to seat level; and |
| (ii) | 350 millimetres wide above any armrests. |
Provided further that in the case of a rapid transport bus or rapid transport bus-train the width of the passageways shall be at least—
| (i) | 620 millimetres wide measured at any point for vehicles with a floor height of 940 millimetres (30 millimetre tolerance), and |
| (ii) | 450 millimetres wide measured at any point for vehicles with a floor height of less than 500 millimetres. |
[Proviso to regulation 255(2) inserted by regulation 18 of Notice No. R. 359 of 2010]
[Regulation 255 replaced by regulation 16 of Notice No. R. 891 of 2006]
