Department Of Transport Legislation

By | January 9, 2022

Department Of Transport Legislation, the Department of Transport aims to lead the development of efficient integrated transport systems by creating a framework of sustainable policies and regulations; and implementable models to support government strategies for economicsocial and international development



Legislative and other Mandates

Aviation

  • Carriage by Air Act No. 17 of 1946
  • Aviation Act No. 74 of 1962
  • Air Services Licensing Act, 1990 (Act 115 of 1990)
  • Airports Company Act, 1993 (Act 44 of 1993)
  • Air Traffic and Navigation Services Company Act, 1993(Act 45 of 1993)
  • Convention on the International Recognition of Rights in Aircraft Act, 1993 (Act 53 of 1993)
  • International Air Services Act, 1993 (Act 60 of 1993)
  • South African Civil Aviation Authority Levies Act,1998 (Act 41 of 1998)
  • South African Airways Unallocatable Debt Act, 2000 (Act 7 of 2000)
  • South African Maritime and Aeronautical Search and Rescue Act, 2002 (Act 44 of 2002)
  • Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment Act, 2007 (Act 4 of 2007)
  • Civil Aviation Act, 2009 (Act 13 of 2009)

Motor Vehicles

  • Road Transportation Act, 1977 (Act 74 of 1977)
  • Urban Transport Act, 1977 (Act 78 of 1977)
  • Road Traffic Act, 1989 (Act 29 of 1989)
  • Financial Supervision of the Road Accident Fund Act, 1993 (Act 8 of 1993)
  • Road Accident Fund Act, 1996 (Act 56 of 1996)
  • National Road Traffic Act, 1996 (Act 93 of 1996)
  • Cross Border Road Transport Act, 1998 (Act 4 of 1998)
  • Transport Appeal Tribunal Act, 1998 (Act 39 of 1998)
  • National Land Transport Interim Arrangements Act, 1998 (Act 45 of 1998)
  • Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences Act, 1998 (Act 46 of 1998)
  • Road Traffic Laws Rationalisation Act, 1998 (Act 47 of 1998)
  • Road Accident Fund Commission Act, 1998 (Act 71 of 1998)
  • Road Traffic Management Corporation Act, 1999 (Act 20 of 1999)
  • National Land Transport Transition Act, 2000 (Act 22 of 2000)
  • National Land Transport Act, 2009 (Act 5 of 2009)

Railways and Harbours

  • Railway Purchase Act,1971 (Act 25 of 1971)
  • Railway and Harbours Purchase Act,1977(Act 47 of 1977)
  • Railway Construction Act,1985 (Act 75 of 1985)
  • Second Railway Construction Act,1985 (Act 94 of 1985)
  • South African Transport Services Conditions and Service Act,1988 (Act 41 of 1998)
  • Legal Succession to the South African Transport Services Act, 1989 (Act 9 of 1989)
  • National Railway Safety Regulator Act, 2002 (Act 16 of 2002) as amended
  • National Ports Act, 2005 (Act 12 of 2005)

Roads

  • Advertising an Roads and Ribbon Development Act, 1940 (Act 21 of 1940)
  • National Roads Act, 1972 (Act 54 of 1971)
  • National Road Safety Act, 1972 (Act 9 of 1972)
  • South African Roads Board Act, 1988 (Act 74bnof 1988)
  • Transport Derugulation Act, 1988 (Act 80 of 1988)
  • South African National Roads Agency Limited and National Roads, 1998 (Act 07 of 1998

Shipping

  • Merchant Shipping Act, 1951 (Act 57 of 1951)
  • Marine Traffic Act, 1981 (Act 2 of 1981)
  • Carriage of Goods by Sea Act, 1986 (Act 1 of 1986)
  • Marine Pollution (Prevention of Pollution from Ships), 1986 (Act of 1986)
  • Shipping and Civil Aviation Laws Rationalisation Act, 1994 (Act 28 of 1994)
  • Wreck and Salvage Act, 1996 (Act 94 of 1996)
  • South African Maritime Safety Act, 1998 (Act 5 of 1998)
  • South African Maritime Saefty Authority Levies Act, 1998 (Act 6 of 1998)
  • Ship Registration Act, 1998 (Act 58 of 1998)
  • Sea Transport Documents Act, 2000 (Act 65 of 2000)