1A. (1) If a dispute should arise between two or more registering authorities or between a person and a registering authority, as to which registering authority is the appropriate registering authority, such dispute shall be decided by the MEC.

(2) If it is in issue in any civil or criminal proceeding whether an alleged registering authority is the appropriate registering authority the alleged registering authority shall, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, be deemed to be the appropriate registering authority.

1B. An application in terms of section 3B of the Act for registration as an inspector of licences, examiner of vehicles, examiner for driving licences or a traffic officer, as the case may be, shall be made to the chief executive officer on form RO as shown in Schedule 2, and shall be accompanied by acceptable identification of the applicant and a certified copy of any document, certificate or diploma relating to the applicant's competence and registration requirements as referred to in section 3D of the Act.

1C. (1) If the chief executive officer is satisfied as contemplated in section 3C of the Act, he or she shall--

1. in the case of an examiner of vehicles or examiner for driving licences, grade the applicant in terms of regulation 2;
2. record the particulars of the applicant on the register of authorised officers referred to in regulation 331(4)(a); and
3. issue to the applicant a certificate of registration on form CR as shown in Schedule 2.

(2) If the chief executive officer is not satisfied as contemplated in section 3C of the Act, he or she shall refuse to register the applicant and notify such applicant accordingly.

(3) Any person whose registration has been cancelled in terms of section 3E of the Act and who applies to be registered, may in addition to the requirements referred to in subregulation (1), be required to have successfully completed a refresher course, at a training centre contemplated in regulation 2C, within a period of three months prior to such application.

2. (1) The chief executive officer concerned shall grade an examiner of vehicles as--

1. grade A, if the diploma referred to in section 3D(1) of the Act indicates that such examiner is qualified to examine and test a motor vehicle of any class and such examiner holds a code EC driving licence for a manual transmission and a code A driving licence; or
2. grade B, if the diploma referred to in section 3D(1) of the Act indicates that such examiner is qualified to examine and test a motor vehicle of any class, except for a goods vehicle or bus the gross vehicle mass of which exceeds 3 500 kilograms, and such examiner holds a code EB driving licence for a manual transmission and a code A driving licence.

(2) An examiner of vehicles who is graded in terms of subregulation (1)--

1. as a grade A examiner of vehicles, shall be authorised to inspect, examine and test a motor vehicle of any class; or
2. as a grade B examiner of vehicles, shall be authorised to inspect, examine and test a motor vehicle of any class, except for a goods vehicle or a bus, the gross vehicle mass of which exceeds 3 500 kilograms.

(3) The chief executive officer shall grade an examiner for driving licences as--

1. grade A, if the diploma referred to in section 3D(1) of the Act indicates that such examiner is qualified to examine and test a person for any code of learner's or driving licence and such examiner holds a code EC driving licence for a manual transmission and a code A driving licence;
2. grade B, if the diploma referred to in section 3D(1) of the Act indicates that such examiner is qualified to examine and test a person for a learner's licence of any code and for a driving licence of the code B, C1, C, EB, EC1 and EC, and such examiner holds a code EC driving licence for a manual transmission;
3. grade C, if the diploma referred to in section 3D(1) of the Act indicates that such examiner is qualified to examine and test a person for a learner's licence of any code and for a driving licence of the code A1, A and B, and such examiner holds a code EB driving licence for a manual transmission and a code A driving licence;
4. grade D, if the diploma referred to in section 3D(1) of the Act indicates that such examiner is qualified to examine and test a person for a learner's licence of any code and for a driving licence of the code B, and such examiner holds a code EB driving licence for a manual transmission;

(dA) grade F, if the examiner for driving licences is qualified to the satisfaction of the chief executive officer to substitute a driving licence of any code contained in an identity document, issued before 1 March 1998, in terms of section 19 of the Act; or

5. grade L, if the diploma referred to in section 3D(1) of the Act indicates that such examiner is qualified to examine and test a person for a learner's licence of any code.

(4) An examiner for driving licences who is graded in terms of subregulation (3)--

1. as a grade A examiner for driving licences, shall be authorised to examine and test a person for a learner's and driving licence of any code;
2. as a grade B examiner for driving licences, shall be authorised to examine and test a person for a learner's licence of any code and for a driving licence of the code B, C1, C, EB, EC1 or EC;
3. as a grade C examiner for driving licences, shall be authorised to examine and test a person for a learner's licence of any code and for a driving licence of the code A1, A or B;
4. as a grade D examiner for driving licences, shall be authorised to examine and test a person for a learner's licence of any code and for a driving licence of the code B;
5. as a grade F examiner for driving licences, shall be authorised to substitute a driving licence of any code contained in an identity document, issued before 1 March 1998, in terms of section 19 of the Act;
6. as a grade L examiner for driving licences, shall be authorised to examine and test a person for any code of learner's licence;
7. as a grade A, B, C, D or L examiner for driving licences shall, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in these regulations, be authorised to substitute a driving licence of any code, issued before 1 March 1998, in terms of section 19 of the Act, or to replace a driving licence or international driving permit in terms of section 20(3), 23(4) or 24(3) of the Act.

2A. (1) The inspectorate of driving licence testing centres or inspectorate of testing stations in terms of section 3E(1) of the Act, or the chief executive officer in terms of section 3E(2) of the Act, whatever the case may be, shall, in considering the suspension or cancellation of the registration of an authorised officer--

1. notify the officer concerned; and
2. inform the officer concerned that he or she may submit to the inspectorate of driving licence testing centres, inspectorate of testing stations or the chief executive officer, whatever the case may be, in writing, within 21 days after such notification, any aspect that may be taken into account in considering such suspension of cancellation.

(2) If the inspectorate of driving licence testing centres, inspectorate of testing stations or the chief executive officer, whatever the case may be, suspends or cancels the registration of an officer, it, he or she shall--

1. notify such officer of the reason for the cancellation or suspension, and the period of such suspension; and
2. update the register of authorised officers referred to in regulation 331(4)(a) accordingly.

(3) An officer whose registration has been cancelled or suspended, shall within 14 days after being notified of such cancellation or suspension, submit to--

1. the chief executive officer the certificate of registration referred to in regulation 1C(1), who shall deal with such registration certificate in the manner prescribed in section 3E(5) of the Act; and
2. the authority who appointed him or her, the certificate of appointment referred to in section 3A(4) of the Act.

2B. (1) If a training centre referred to in section 3D(1)(a) and 3E(1)(c) of the Act wants to be approved in terms of section 3L of the Act, it shall apply for approval on form AFA, as shown in Schedule 2.

(2) On receipt of an application contemplated in subregulation (1), the Shareholders Committee shall direct the chief executive officer or an employee of the Corporation to inspect the training centre to determine whether it meets the requirements set out in subregulation (3), after having given at least one month's written notice to the training centre.

(3) The requirements to be met by a training centre for approval in terms of section 3L of the Act, shall be that--

1. the curricula for traffic officers, examiners for driving licences and examiners of vehicles published by the chief executive officer by notice in the Gazette shall be fully implemented;
2. the assessment policy published by the chief executive officer by notice in the Gazette shall be complied with;
3. the entry requirements for the course for traffic officers published by the chief executive officer by notice in the Gazette shall be complied with;
4. the general facilities, equipment and services published by the chief executive officer by notice in the Gazette shall be available;
5. the specific requirements in respect of registered courses offered, published by the chief executive officer by notice in the Gazette, shall be complied with; and
6. any training instructor, appointed after 1 January 2000, complies with the criteria published by the chief executive officer by notice in the Gazette.

(4) If a training centre meets the requirements for approval referred to in subregulation (3), the Shareholders Committee shall communicate such approval to the training centre in writing.

(5) The Shareholders Committee may in exceptional cases, on application by a training centre, grant relaxation of certain requirements referred to in subregulation (3).

(6) (a) The Shareholders Committee shall appoint an evaluation committee to evaluate approved training centres annually.

(b) If an evaluation contemplated in paragraph (a) reveals that a training centre does not comply with a requirement set out in subregulation (3) or a condition of its approval, the Shareholders Committee may review the approval with a view to revoke it under section 3L(2) of the Act.

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