National Road Traffic Act, 1996 (Act No. 93 of 1996)RegulationsNational Road Traffic Regulations, 2000Chapter VII : Operator Fitness267. Manner of registration of operator, issue of operator card and period of validity of operator card |
| (1) | Subject to the provisions of section 45(1)(b) of the Act, the registering authority concerned shall register the owner of a motor vehicle contemplated in regulation 265 as the operator of that vehicle upon application for the licensing of the vehicle concerned. |
[Regulation 267(1) substituted by regulation 62(a) of Notice No. R. 846 of 2014]
| (2) | The registering authority effects the registration of an owner as operator of a motor vehicle by licensing the motor vehicle in the manner prescribed in regulation 25, but— |
| (a) | the motor vehicle licence, licence and operator card shall be issued on form LCO as shown in Schedule 2; |
[Regulation 267(2)(a) substituted by regulation 62(b) of Notice No. R. 846 of 2014]
| (b) | the owner shall, upon receipt of form LCO, destroy any previous operator cards held by him or her with respect to the motor vehicle concerned. |
Provided that in the case of a category "D" operator card, for a motor vehicle first registered 6 months after the date of publication of this proviso clause, the registering authority shall not issue such operator card unless the operator is registered in terms of regulation 266A.
[Proviso following regulation 267(2)(b) inserted by regulation 62(c) of Notice No. R. 846 of 2014]
| (3) | If the registering authority is required to submit the particulars of an operator to the chief executive officer as contemplated in section 45(2) of the Act, such registering authority may, subject to the provisions of regulation 269, issue the operator with a temporary operator card as contemplated in section 45(3) of the Act on form LCTO as shown in Schedule 2, in the case where the operator is not already in possession of an operator card with respect to the motor vehicle concerned. |
| (4) | Upon receipt of the particulars of the operator as contemplated in section 45(2) of the Act, the chief executive officer shall— |
| (a) | examine the record of the operator referred to in section 50(3) of the Act; |
| (b) | determine whether his or her operator card is suspended. |
| (5) | If the record of the operator indicates that such operator does not comply with the provisions of the Act, the chief executive officer shall notify the operator in terms of section 50(3)(d) of the Act. |
(6)
| (a) | The registering authority shall upon receipt of the notification contemplated in section 45(4)(a) of the Act, issue him or her with an operator card on form LCO as shown in Schedule 2. |
| (b) | The operator shall destroy any other previous operator card or temporary operator card issued in respect of the vehicle concerned upon receipt of the operator card. |
| (c) | The counterfoil of the operator card shall be kept at the business address of the operator. |
| (7) | An operator card issued in respect of a motor vehicle shall be valid from the date of issue thereof, until the date on which the licence disc issued in respect of the motor vehicle concerned becomes null and void as referred to in regulation 22, but the motor vehicle may be operated on a public road for a period of 21 days after the said expiry date. |