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does code c1 qualify as code b or does one has to go write code b again if one has c1 and wants code B too
Code C1 is not stated to qualify as code B. The regulations list code B and code C1 as separate driving-licence codes, including in the authorisation of grade B testing centres. 4
For a code B licence, the Act requires an application for the relevant vehicle class and a driving test in a vehicle of the class to which that application relates. On the supplied sources, a person who has C1 and wants B would need to apply and be tested for code B, unless another provision not supplied provides otherwise. 5
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Road Traffic and Transport Act 22 of 1999-Regulations 2001-053
(b) grade B, if the qualification referred to in regulation 5 (1)(a) indicates that such examiner is qualified to examine and test a person for a learner’s licence of any code and for a driving licence code B, C I, C, EB, EC I and EC and the examiner holds a code EC driving licence for a manual transmission; (c) grade C, if the qualification referred to in regulation 5(1) (a) indicates that such examiner is qualified to examine and test a person for a learner’s licence of any code and for driving licence codes A1, A and B and the examiner holds a code EB licence for a manual transmission and a code A driving licence; (d) grade D, if the qualification referred to in regulation 5(1) (a) indica...
Road Traffic and Transport Act 22 of 1999-Regulations 2001-053
(e) a learner’s licence with the code mentioned in the first column of Table 1 below, issued before the date determined by the Minister by notice in the Gazette, is regarded as a learner’s licence with the code indicated aga inst it in the second column of the table: TABLE 1 PREVIOUS CODE NEW CODE Code 01, 02, 03, 04, or a code 12 for the aforementioned codes. [Section 58(1)(a) to (d)] Code 1 Code 05, 06, 07, 08 or 09 or a code 12 for the aforementioned codes. [Section 58(1)(e) to (h)] Code 2 Code 10, or 11 or a code 12 for the aforementioned codes. [Section 589(1)(i) to (l)] Code 3 [Table 1 substituted by GN 163/2002] (4) The categories of driving licences are indicated by the codes mention...
Road Traffic and Transport Act 22 of 1999-Regulations 2001-053
(i) a person appointed as an examiner or vehicles in terms of the repealed Ordinance; (ii) who holds a code EC driving licence for a manual transmission or equivalent and a code A driving licence; and (iii) who has obtained a diploma or equivalent qualification in the examination of vehicles; or (iv) who has a minimum of five years experience as an examiner of vehicles, which is acceptable to the Minister, is deemed to comply with this paragraph; or (b) grade B, if the qualification referred to in regulation 5(1)(a) indicates that such examiner is qualified to examine and test a motor vehicle of any class, except f or a goods vehicle or bus with a gross vehicle mass exceeding 3,500 kilograms...
Road Traffic and Transport Act 22 of 1999-Regulations 2001-053
(1) The Minister must, w ith due regard to the evaluation and recommendation of the inspectorate of driving testing centres, grade a driving testing centre as grade A, B, C, D or E, as the case may be, if the driving tes ting centre complies with the appropriate grading requirements contemplated in regulation 103. (2) A driving testing centre, which is graded in term or subregulation (1) - (a) as a grade A driving testing centre, is authorised to examine and test a person for a learner’s or driving licence of any code; (b) as a grade B driving testing centre, is authorised to examine and test a person for a learner’s licence of any code or driving licence of the code B, EB, C1 , C, EC1 and E...
Road Traffic and Transport Act 22 of 1999
apply to a driving testing centre for a licence to drive a motor vehicle of a class the driving of which is authorised by his or her learner’s licence. (2) An application in terms of subsection (1) shall be made in the prescribed manner and be accompanied by the prescribed fee. (3) If a driving testing centre is satisfied from the information furnished in an application in terms of subsection ( 1), or as it may reasonably request, that the applicant is not disqualified in terms of section 34 from obtaining a driving licence of the category for which application is made, it shall refer the applicant to a driving examiner in order to be examined and tested for such licence. (4) A driving exami...
Road Traffic and Transport Act 22 of 1999-Regulations 2001-053
(a) in the case of an application for a licence of the codes Al , A, B, and BE , the person has - (i) a minimum visual acuity, with or without refractive correction, of 6/12 (20/40) for each eye or, if the visual acuity of one eye is less than 6/12 (20/40) or if one eye of the person concerned is blind, a minimum visual acuity for the other eye of 6/9 (20/30); and (ii) a minimum visual field of 70 degrees temporal, with or without refractive correction, in respect of each eye, or where the minimum visual field in respect of one eye is less than 70 degrees temporal, or where one eye is blind, a minimum total horizontal visual field of at least 115 degrees with or without refractive correction...