National Road Traffic Act, 1996 (Act No. 93 of 1996)RegulationsNational Road Traffic Regulations, 2000Chapter XIV : Transitional Provisions, Repeal of Regulations, and Title and Commencement342. Transitional provisions: Professional driving permits |
The holder of a valid category "G" or "P" professional driving permit who drives a motor vehicle carrying dangerous goods, the gross vehicle mass of which exceeds 3 500 kilograms, or a vehicle to which standard specification SABS 1398 "Road tank vehicles for petroleum-based flammable liquids" or standard specification SABS 1518: "Transportation of dangerous goods - design requirements for road tankers, applies, shall from the date of commencement of regulation 115(1)(f), subject to the said permit being cancelled or suspended—
| (a) | be deemed to hold a category "D" professional driving permit for the period for which his or her professional driving permit is valid; and |
| (b) | notwithstanding the provisions of regulation 117, the holder of a valid category "G" or "P" professional driving permit shall not be disqualified from obtaining a category "D" professional driving permit by reason only of the fact that he or she is younger than 25 years of age. |
[Regulation 342 substituted by regulation 4 of Notice No. R. 726 of 2001]