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Measure

Steering mechanism

Type Class Valid From Valid To
Licensing Requirement Goods
Summary:

A person cannot operate a left-hand drive vehicle registered after 1 January 2003 on a public road, unless it is imported or exported for testing, assessment, or development with a special permit.

Description:

219.

(2) (a) Subject to paragraph (b), a person may not operate a motor vehicle on a public road first registered on or after 1 January 2003, the steering wheel of which is on the left hand side.

(b) Paragraph (a) does not apply in respect of a vehicle manufactured, built or imported by a registered manufacturer, builder or importer for the purpose of export or for the purpose of testing, assessment or development, if the vehicle is operated on a public road in terms of a special permit.

Commodities Affected by the Measure

# HS Code Description
1 87.02 Motor vehicles for the transport of ten or more persons, including the driver
2 87.03 Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons (excluding those of heading 87.02), including station wagons and racing cars
3 87.04 Motor vehicles for the transport of goods:
4 87.05 Special purpose motor vehicles (excluding those principally designed for the transport of persons or goods) (for example, breakdown lorries, crane lorries, fire fighting vehicles, concrete-mixer lorries, road sweeper lorries, spraying lorries, mobile workshops, mobile radiological units):

Procedures Implementing the Measure

No procedures found under this measure.

Legal Documents Related to the Measure

Name Type Category
Road Traffic and Transport Act 22 of 1999 Act Import/Export