Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences Amendment Act

1. Section 1 of the Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences Act, 1998 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act) is hereby amended by the substitution for 5 the definition of “issuing authority” of the following definition: “ ‘issuing authority’ means— (a) a local authority contemplated in Chapter 7 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa. 1996 (Act No. 108 of 1996), the Local Government Transition Act. 1993 (Act No. 209 of 1993), or any other applicable law; [or] 10 (b) a provincial administration~ (c) the Road Traffic Management Corporation, established under section 4 of the Road Traffic Management Co~oration Act, 1999, in so far as such authority, [or] administration or Corporation is responsible for traffic matters [in its area ofjurisction]:.’. 15 Amendment of section 21 of Act 46 of 1998

2. Section 21 of the principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution for subsections (3) and (4) of the following subsections: “(3) A warrant that has been issued under this section is regarded as process of execution for the purposes of Chapter IX of the Magistrates’ Courts Act, 1944 (Act No. 32 of 1944), which applies with the necessary changes, and in such application a reference t~ (a) the judgment creditor or execution creditor, must be read as a reference to the 20 agency; and (b) the judgment debtor or execution debtor, must be read as a reference to the 25 infringer, I \ 4 No. 19972 Act No. 22, lYYY GOVERNklENT GAZE~E. 28 APRIL 1999 .4 DMIh’ISTRATIVE ADJUDICATION OF ROAD TRA~C OFFENCES AMENDMENT ACT, 1999 (4) Subject to the Rules of Court as defined in section 1 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act, 1944, a warrant that has been issued under this section must be executed as prescribed.”. Substitution of section 30 of Act 46 of 1998

3. The following section is hereby substituted for section 30 of the principal Act: 5 “Service of documents 30. (1) Any document required to be served on an infringer in terms of this Act, must be served on the infringer personally or sent by registered mail to his or her last bown address. (2) A document which is sent by registered mail in terms of subsection 10 (1), is regarded to have been served on the infringer on the tenth day after the date which is stamped upon the receipt issued by the post office which accepted the document for registration, unless evidence to the contrary is adduced, which may be in the form of an arndavit. ”. Substitution of section 32 of Act 46 of 1998 15

4. The following section is hereby substituted for section 32 of the principal Act: “Apportionment of penalties 32. (1) [Despite section 6 of the Finance and Financial Adjustments Acts Consolidation Act, 1977 (Act No. 11 of 1977),] Any penalty received by the agency in terms of this Act must be paid over monthly, after 20 deduction of an amount equal to the discount contemplated in section 17( 1)(d), to the issuing authority under whose authority the infringement notice was issued, and if it was not issued under the authority of such authority, to the issuing authority within whose mea of jurisdiction the infringement was committed. 25 (2) [Subject to section 6 of the Finance and Financial Adjustments Acts Consolidation Act, 1977 (Act No. 11 of 1977),] Any fine received in respect of any conviction under the national and provincial laws relating to road traffic, must be paid over monthly to the issuing authority under whose authority the infringement notice was issued, and if it was not issued under 30 the authority of such authority, to the issuing authority within whose area of jurisdiction the infringement was committed.”. Repeal of section 6 of Act 11 of 1977

5. Section 6 of the Finance and Financial Adjustments Acts Consolidation Act, 1977 (Act No. 11 of 1977), is hereby repealed. 35 Short title and commencement

6. This Act is called the Administrative Adjudication of Road Trtic Offences Amendment Act, 1999, and comes into operation on a date fixed by the President by proclamation in the Gazette.