Chapter V — Control Of Transport Vehicles
Section 78 — Consideration of application for goods carriage permit
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (Act 59 of 1988)
Text of the section
Consideration of application for goods carriage permit.—A Regional Transport Authority shall, in considering an application for a goods carriage permit, have regard to the following matters, namely:— (a) the nature of the goods to be carried with special reference to their dangerous or hazardous nature to human life; (b) the nature of the chemicals or explosives to be carried with special reference to the safety to human life.
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