334. Any vehicle owned by the Department of Defence and which is not designed or adapted for the conveyance of goods or persons is exempt from the provisions of these regulations relating to the construction, equipment or loads on vehicles, other than the provisions of regulations 212, 234, 235, 236, 237, 240, 241 and 242.

335. (1) An application for a traffic register number for the purpose of obtaining acceptable identification as contemplated in the definition of "acceptable identification", shall be made to the appropriate registering authority on form ANR as shown in Schedule 2 and shall be accompanied by--

1. in the case of a body of persons, acceptable identification of the natural persons nominated as the representative, the proxy and the signee of the application and a form of proxy; or
2. in the case of a natural person not permanently resident in the Republic, a temporary identity certificate, an unexpired passport or a temporary permit or other document of identity of a class recognised by the Minister of Home Affairs in terms of the legislation regulating the admission of persons to the Republic.

(2) The registering authority referred to in subregulation (1) shall, if satisfied that the application is in order, allocate a traffic register number to the applicant and issue a traffic register number certificate on form RNC as shown in Schedule 2.

(3) If any of the particulars submitted in the application referred to in subregulation (1) or contained in the traffic register number certificate change, the holder thereof shall, within 21 days after such change, notify the appropriate registering authority on form ANR as shown in Schedule 2 and the provisions of subregulation (2) shall apply mutatis mutandis.

(4) If a person or body of persons who is the holder of a traffic register number certificate, becomes the holder of any other document referred to in the definition of "acceptable identification" he or she shall, within 21 days after becoming such holder, notify the appropriate registering authority referred to in subregulation (1) thereof on form ANR as shown in Schedule 2 and shall at the same time hand such document together with the traffic register number certificate to such registering authority.

(5) The registering authority shall, if satisfied that the notification referred to in subregulation (4) is in order, cancel the traffic register number certificate and amend its records accordingly.

335A. Where an inspector of licences or traffic officer in the performance of his or her duties makes use of any testing or mass measuring facility provided by a registering authority, no payment shall be demanded for such use.

335B. An inspector of licences or a traffic officer who issues a receipt for the impoundment of a document in terms of section 3F(e), 3F(h), 3I(j) or 3I(n) of the Act, as the case may be, shall use form NRD as shown in Schedule 2.

336. A person carrying on a business or a body of persons, referred to in paragraph (a)(ii), (iii) and (iv) of the definition of "appropriate registering authority" in regulation 1 , shall identify one proxy and one representative in respect of each branch of such business or body of persons.

337. (1) No person shall use a lamp or lighting device in such a manner that the visibility of such lamp or lighting device from a public road, endangers public safety.

(2) This regulation does not apply to lamps and lighting devices which are used--

1. on a motor vehicle;
2. in accordance with any law;
3. by the State or any other statutory body, in the execution of its functions, powers and duties; or
4. under a written authorisation issued by the local authority concerned.

(3) Lamps and lighting devices which are in use in contravention of the provisions of subregulation (1) at the date of commencement of this regulation, may be so used until such time as the local authority concerned directs that it be removed or altered in terms of subregulation (5), in which event the cost of such removal or alteration shall be borne by the persons so using the lamps or lighting devices.

(4) The local authority concerned may authorise the use of a lamp or lighting device which is visible from a public road under such conditions and for such a period as determined by such local authority and such authorisation may be altered or revoked at any time by that local authority.

(5) If the local authority concerned is satisfied that a lamp or lighting device is used in contravention of the provisions of this regulation, that local authority may by written notice direct the person so using such lamp or lighting device, to alter or remove that lamp or lighting device at his or her cost within the period determined by that local authority, which period shall not be less than 14 days.

(6) If a direction in terms of subregulation (5) has not been complied with within the period referred to in that subregulation, the local authority concerned may remove or alter the lamp or lighting device concerned and recover the cost of such removal or alteration from the person using such lamp or lighting device.

(7) For the purposes of this regulation a lamp or lighting device shall be deemed to be used by the person on whose property such lamp or lighting device has been erected.

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