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National Road Traffic Act, Act 93 of 1996; Chapter VIII
The National Road Traffic Act, Act 93 of 1996 makes it an offence for dangerous goods to be consigned, transported or received, except as prescribed in Chapter VIII of the National Road Traffic Regulations (Regulations 273 - 283B).
National Road Traffic Act, 1996
Chapter VIII: Dangerous goods
54. Transportation of certain dangerous goods prohibited
No person shall, except as prescribed, offer for transportation in a vehicle, or transport in a vehicle, or accept after transportation in, on or by a vehicle, any prescribed dangerous goods.
55. Appointment of dangerous goods inspector or inspectorate
(1) (a) The Minister may appoint a person, an authority or a body as a dangerous goods inspector or inspectorate.
(b) The training and qualifications of a person appointed under paragraph (a) shall be as prescribed, and an authority or body shall have the services of persons with the prescribed training and qualifications at its disposal before that authority or body is so appointed.
(2) The powers and duties of the inspector or inspectorate contemplated in subsection (1) (a) in relation to the transportation of prescribed dangerous goods shall be as prescribed.
(3) The Minister may, in order to defray the expenditure incurred by or on behalf of that inspector or inspectorate for the purposes of performing his/ her or its functions, prescribe fees to be paid in respect of inspections carried out by him, her or it in terms of this Act.
Effective from 3 August 2001 (Government Gazette 22553 dated 1 August 2001); Amended in the following Government Gazettes: Government Gazette 25484 dated 25 September 2003; Government Gazette 28916 dated 04 August 2006; and Government Gazette 30763 dated 08 February 2008
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