National Road Traffic Act, 1996 (Act No. 93 of 1996)RegulationsNational Road Traffic Regulations, 2000Chapter III : Registration and Licensing of Motor Vehicles, and Registration of Manufacturers, Builders and Importers, and Manufacturers of Number PlatesPart I : Registration and licensing of motor vehicles37. Procedure for refund of motor vehicle licence fees |
| (1) | The owner of a motor vehicle which has been— |
| (a) | reported stolen as referred to in regulation 54(1)(c); |
| (b) | reported permanently unfit for use as a motor vehicle or as permanently demolished as referred to in regulation 55(1)(b); or |
| (c) | deregistered in terms of regulation 17, |
may apply for a refund of an amount calculated at one twelfth of the motor vehicle licence fees paid in respect of such motor vehicle in terms of regulation 25(2) for every month for which the motor vehicle licence remains valid, on the day immediately preceding the day on which the owner becomes exempt from liability for licensing of the motor vehicle concerned in terms of regulation 54(5) or 55(4) or is deregistered in terms of regulation 17.
[Regulation 37(1) substituted by regulation 11 of Notice No. R. 881 of 2004]
| (2) | The owner of the motor vehicle referred to in subregulation (1) shall, within a period not exceeding three months after the date of notification in terms of regulation 54(1) or 55(1) or the date of deregistration, apply to the MEC of the province to which such owner has paid the motor vehicle licence fees referred to in subregulation (1), for a refund of the motor vehicle licence fees, on a form similar to form RLF, or on form RLF, as shown in Schedule 2. |
| (3) | On receipt of the application referred to in subregulation (2), the MEC concerned may refund the owner of the motor vehicle referred to in subregulation (1), with the amount referred to in subregulation (1) but an amount of less than R100 shall not be refunded. |
[Regulation 37(3) substituted by regulation 14 of Notice No. 2116 of 2001]