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61 MONDAY, 6 OCTOBER 2008
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QUESTIONS
For written reply:
Transfer of left-hand drive vehicles
1595. Mr J H VAN DER MERWE (IFP)
asked the Minister of Transport:
Whether it is his department’s intention to
promulgate a regulation which will make
it impossible to transfer left-hand drive
vehicles to a beneficiary or new owner; if
so, (a) when, (b) why and (c) what will the
options be of owners of such vehicles if
they cannot sell or trade it? NW2344E
The MINISTER OF TRANSPORT:
(a) Yes, such regulations are already in
place dealing with the registration of
left-hand driven motor vehicles. In
terms of Regulation 200 of the National
Road Traffic Regulations (NRTR),
2000, under the National Road Traffic
Act, Act 93 of 1996 (as amended),
left-hand drive (LHD) vehicles imported
into the Republic were allowed to be
operated on a public road, provided that
the vehicle was first registered prior to
1 July 1999 for vehicles requiring a
certification of roadworthiness or
(b)
1 January 2000 for other vehicles. The
interpretation of this regulation varied
and on 23 July 2004 it was amended to
state that the vehicle should have been
registered to the current owner’s name
before 1 January 2000.
The proposed ‘‘15th amendment’’ of
the National Road Traffic Regulations
is intended to deal with the LHD
vehicles that are already within the
system as provided for by the legislation
and to facilitate the process in
dealing with those motor vehicles that
were registered before the 23 July 2004
in terms of the provisions of the legislation.
(c) The proposed amendment will enable
the owners of LHD motor vehicles,
which were registered in the Republic
and in their names prior to the 23 July
2004 amendment, to dispose of those
motor vehicles and allow the new
owners to register and licence such
motor vehicles.
Application for funding by Novalis
Ubuntu Institute in Western Cape
1602. Mrs J A SEMPLE (DA) asked the
Minister of Trade and Industry:
(1) Whether the National Lotteries
Board (NLB) received an application
in any of the past five financial years
up to 31 July 2008 from the Novalis
Ubuntu Institute in the Western
(2)
Cape; if so, in which financial years
did they apply for funding;
whether the NLB accepted the application;
if not, what were the reasons
for rejecting the application; if so, (a)
how much was requested by the
organisation in these financial years,
(b) what amount was awarded by the
NLB and (c) when was each amount
paid by the NLB to the organisation;
(3) whether there are any outstanding
amounts owed to the organisation by
the NLB; if so, how much?
NW2351E
The MINISTER OF TRADE AND INDUS-
TRY:
(1) The NLB had received an application
from Novalis Ubuntu Institute in the
Western Cape in 2007.
(2) (a) An amount of R500 000 was requested
by Novalis Ubuntu Institute
(b) The NLB approved the full
amount of R500 000.
(c) NLB paid the organisation
R250 000 on 27 March 2007.