Road Traffic and Transport Act 22 of 1999 - Regulations 2001-053

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Regulations issued under the Road Traffic and Transport Act 22 of 1999, specifically linked to section 91, and published as the Road Traffic and Transport Regulations, 2001 under Government Notice 53 of 2001. The text sets commencement dates for multiple parts and chapters, notes exclusions not yet in force, and clarifies corrections where earlier notices actually covered commencement rather than amendments. It also explains incorporation by reference of Namibian Standards (NAMS), lists cited standards, and records amendment history including a withdrawn notice that never took effect.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryResearch & Report

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Pages431

Reading Time18 h 6 min

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Arrangement of regulations

Chapter 1 - Definitions

Commencement and amendments overview

Incorporated standards by reference (NAMS)

REGULATIONS MADE IN TERMS OF Road Traffic and Transport Act 22 of 1999 section 91 Road Traffic and Transport Regulations, 2001 Government Notice 53 of 2001 (GG 2503) In terms of GN 53/2001, the regulations came into force on 6 April 2001 with the exception of Parts 3 and 5 of Chapter 3, Chapter 4, Parts 1 and 2 of Chapter 5, Parts 2 and 4 of Chapter 6 and regulation 235. Part 1 of Chapter 4 and Part 1 of Chapter 5 were brought into force on 1 November 2001 by GN 222/2001 (GG 2641) . Part 2 of Chapter 4 was brought into force on 2 September 2002 by GN 161/2002 (GG 2815) . Part 2 of Chapter 5 was brought into force on 17 November 2007 by GN 172/2007 (GG 3907) . GN 86/2017 (GG 6285) states that it is bringing Part 3 of Chapter 10 into force on 13 April 2017. However, this must have been intended to refer to Part 3 of Chapter 3, which is amended by the same Government Notice. Chapter 10 was not divided into parts and was already in force. Part 5 of Chapter 3 and Part 4 of Chapter 6 were brought into force on 30 September 2022 by GN 293/2022 (GG 7917) . The other excluded provisions are not yet in force: * Chapter 6, Part 2 * regulation 235. as amended by Government Notice 97 of 2001 (GG 2538) came into force on date of publication: 29 May 2001 Government Notice 103 of 2002 (GG 2759) came into force on date of publication: 1 July 2002 Government Notice 163 of 2002 (GG 2815) came into force on date of publication: 26 September 2002 Government Notice 205 of 2004 (GG 3287) came into force on date of publication: 28 September 2004 The regulations were amended by Government Notice 206 of 2004 (GG 3287) which was to come into force on a date set by the Minister in the Government Gazette. However, Government Notice 206 of 2004 was withdrawn by GN 45 of 2005 (GG 3422) without ever coming into force. Therefore, the amendments in that Government Notice never took effect. Government Notice 32 of 2005 (GG 3402) came into force on date of publication: 1 April 2005 Government Notice 45 of 2005 (GG 3422) came into force on date of publication: 9 May 2005 Government Notice 183 of 2005 (GG 3560) came into force on date of publication: 20 December 2005 Government Notice 188 of 2006 (GG 3732) came into force on date of publication: 1 November 2006 Government Notice 104 of 2007 (GG 3851) came into force on 4 June 2007 (GN 104/2007) Government Notice 172 of 2007 (GG 3907) came into force on date of publication: 17 September 2007 Government Notice 2 of 2008 (GG 3972) came into force on date of publication: 2 January 2008 Government Notice 73 of 2008 (GG 4022) came into force on date of publication: 1 April 2008 Government Notice 290 of 2008 (GG 4186) came into force on date of publication: 19 December 2008 Government Notice 81 of 2010 (GG 4473) came into force on date of publication: 30 April 2010 Government Notice 156 of 2015 (GG 5792) came into force on date of publication: 28 July 2015 Government Notice 98 of 2016 (GG 6016) came into force on date of publication: 26 May 2016 Government Notice 86 of 2017 (GG 6285) came into force on date of publication: 13 April 2017 Government Notice 130 of 2018 (GG 6637) came into force on date of publication: 29 June 2018 Government Notice 31 of 2019 (GG 6844) came into force on date of publication: 15 February 2019 Government Notice 102 of 2020 (GG 7172) came into force on date of publication: 3 April 2020 Government Notice 298 of 2021 (GG 7716) came into force on date of publication: 31 December 2021 Several of these Government Notices erroneously state that the regulations were amended by GN 222/2001 (GG 2641) and GN 161/2002 (GG 2815). However, these two notices deal only with the commencement of various portions of the regulations. Section 94 of the Act empowers the Minister to incorporate any standard publication in any regulation issued under section 91, 92 or 93 of the Act by referen

FAQs

What act and section authorize these regulations?

They are made in terms of the Road Traffic and Transport Act 22 of 1999, specifically in terms of section 91.

When did the regulations come into force, and what was excluded?

They came into force on 6 April 2001 under Government Notice 53 of 2001, except specified parts and chapters listed in the text.

How are Namibian Standards (NAMS) incorporated into the regulations?

The Minister may incorporate standards by reference under section 94; this power is used in Government Notice 262/2020 to incorporate NAMS published under General Notice 362/2018 and 590/2018.

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