NATIONAL ROAD TRAFFIC ACT 93 OF 1996 - Gauteng Online

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(3) If the holder of the licence concerned is, after the examination and test in
terms of subsection (2) (a), found to be competent to drive a motor vehicle of the class
provided by him or her and is not disqualified in terms of section 15, the MEC may
direct-
(a) that every licence authorising the driving of a motor vehicle and of which
he or she is the holder shall be cancelled; and
(b) that a driving licence in respect of a motor vehicle of the class provided by
him or her shall be issued to him or her by an examiner for driving
licences of the authority authorised thereto by the MEC, and for that
purpose the provisions of section 18 (4) shall apply with the necessary
changes.
(4) If any person, after having been examined and tested in terms of subsection
(2) (a), is found not to be competent to drive a motor vehicle of the class provided by him
or her, the MEC concerned shall forthwith cancel the licence concerned.
(5) If any person fails to comply with a request in terms of subsection (2), the
MEC may forthwith suspend or cancel, as the case may be, the licence concerned unless
such person is able to satisfy the MEC within a period determined by the MEC that such
failure was due to a reason beyond his or her control and that such licence should not be
so suspended or cancelled.
(6) The suspension or cancellation of a licence in terms of this section s hall apply
to any other learner's or driving licence held by the holder of such suspended or cancelled
licence and recognised in terms of this Chapter as a valid licence, as the MEC may
determine.
(7) (a) When a licence is cancelled or suspended in terms of subsection (1) or is
cancelled in terms of subsection (3) (a) or (4), the holder thereof shall forthwith submit
the licence or, in the case where it is contained in an identity document, that document to
the MEC or an inspector of licences authorised by him or her.
(b) If the licence is not contained in an identity document-
(i) but particulars thereof are contained in the register for driving licences, the
MEC or the inspector of licences, as the case may be, shall record
particulars of the cancellation or suspension in that register;
(ii) and particulars thereof are not contained in the register for driving
licences, the MEC or the inspector of licences, as the case may be, shall
notify the authority which issued the licence of the cancellation or
suspension,
and where the licence has been suspended the MEC or the inspector of licences, as the
case may be, shall retain the licence until the period of suspension expires, whereafter it
shall be returned to the holder thereof.
(c) If the licence is contained in an identity document, the MEC or inspector of
licences, as the case may be, shall effect an appropriate endorsement on the licence,
record the particulars of the cancellation or suspension in the register for driving licences
and return the identity document to the holder thereof.
(8) The MEC may, where he or she deems it expedient and on such conditions as
he or she may deem fit-
(a) in the prescribed manner reinstate a licence suspended in terms of this
section;