The following is a transcript of the proclamation which was published in Government Gazette 21425 of 31 July 2000. Section 80A was inserted by a correction in Government Gazette 21504 of 1 September 2000, GN R851.
PROCLAMATION No. R. 46, 2000 NATIONAL ROAD TRAFFIC ACT, 1996 (ACT NO. 93 OF 1996): COMMENCEMENT OF CERTAIN SECTIONS Under section 94 of the National Road Traffic Act, 1996 (Act No. 93 of 1996), I hereby fix 1 August 2000 as the date on which the said Act as a whole, except for those sections of the said Act mentioned in the Schedule hereto, shall come into operation. Given under my Hand and the Seal of the Republic of South Africa at Pretoria on this twenty sixth day of July, Two thousand. T. M . MBEKI A. M. OMAR SCHEDULE
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Since this proclamation was published, Sections 54 and 55 came into operation on 1 August 2001 by proclamation in Government Gazette 22544 of 1 August 2001 (see Government Notice R39 of 2001) and Section 90 was repealed by Government Gazette 19971 of 28 April 1999, Act 21 of 1999 with effect from 20 November 2010 (See Government Notice R61 of 2010).
Effectively, this means that 23 sections of the National Road Traffic Act, 1996 are still not in force and are hence, administered by the Road Traffic Act, 1989 which has been repealed in its entirety.
Where to get copies of legislation.
Free resources
All of the above national legislation is available at the SA Government website, however, we must warn you that since legislation is often amended, what you get from that website can be very outdated and piecing the various amendments together can be a laborious task.
For provincial legislation and municipal bylaws, you will need to consult the website of the appropriate provincial government or local municipality.
Commercial resources
Your task could be made a lot easier by using one of the commercial enterprises that provide consolidated versions of legislation, amongst whom are:
The services above vary in just how up to date they are with the currently applicable legislation, but share one thing in common. None of them are what could be described as cheap.