NATIONAL ROAD TRAFFIC ACT 93 OF 1996 - Gauteng Online

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Any person, department of State or registering authority desiring to operate a
testing station shall apply in the prescribed manner to the MEC concerned for the
registration of such testing station.
[NB: S. 38 has been substituted by s. 19 of the National Road Traffic Amendment Act 21
of 1999, a provision which will be put into operation by proclamation. See PENDLEX.]
39 Registration and grading of testing station
If, upon receipt of an application referred to in section 38, the MEC is satisfied
that the prescribed requirements for registration of the testing station concerned have
been met, he or she shall register and grade such testing station on the conditions and in
the manner prescribed, and shall give notice of such registration in the Provincial
Gazette: Provided that the MEC may provisionally register and grade a testing station
operated by a registering authority, on the conditions and in the manner prescribed.
[NB: S. 39 has been substituted by s. 20 of the National Road Traffic Amendment Act 21
of 1999, a provision which will be put into operation by proclamation. See PENDLEX.]
40 Suspension or cancellation of registration of testing station
The MEC may, if a registered testing station no longer complies with the
requirements contemplated in section 39, suspend, for such period as he or she may deem
fit, or cancel the registration of such testing station or regrade the testing station in the
prescribed manner.
[NB: S. 40 has been substituted by s. 21 of the National Road Traffic Amendment Act 21
of 1999, a provision which will be put into operation by proclamation. See PENDLEX.]
41 Appointment of national inspectorate of testing stations
(1) The Minister shall appoint a person, an authority or a body as a national
inspectorate of testing stations.
(2) The powers and duties of the inspectorate contemplated in subsection (1) in
relation to the inspection and the control of standards, grading and operation of testing
stations shall be as prescribed.
(3) The Minister may, in order to defray the expenditure incurred by or on behalf
of that inspectorate for the purposes of performing its functions, prescribe fees to be paid
in respect of every examination conducted or test carried out regarding the
roadworthiness of a motor vehicle.
[Date of commencement of s. 41: to be proclaimed.]
[NB: S. 41 has been substituted by s. 22 of the National Road Traffic Amendment Act 21
of 1999, a provision which will be put into operation by proclamation. See PENDLEX.]
42 Certification of roadworthiness required in respect of motor vehicle
(1) No person shall operate a motor vehicle which is not in a roadworthy
condition on a public road.
(2) No person shall operate a motor vehicle on a public road unless the
requirements in respect of a certification of roadworthiness contemplated in subsection
(4) in relation to such motor vehicle are complied with, and except in accordance with the
conditions of such certification of roadworthiness.
(3) No person shall operate a motor vehicle on a public road unless the
requirements in respect of a roadworthy certificate contemplated in subsection (4) in
relation to such motor vehicle are complied with, and except in accordance with the
conditions of such roadworthy certificate.
(4) Subject to this Chapter-