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Application for registration as manufacturer, importer or builder of motor vehicles
    

Description | Steps to follow | Legal framework | Service standard | Cost | Forms to complete | Contact details

Description

Any person who manufactures, builds, modifies or imports motor vehicles for business purposes, or selling must register with the Department of Transport.

Upon receipt of an application, the provincial department will send its inspectorate to evaluate the applicant in respect of compliance with the relevant regulations.

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Steps to follow

  • Contact your provincial Department of Transport.
  • Bring the following documents:
    • a certified copy of your identity document
    • a certified copy of the business certificate
    • a letter of proxy if you are representing a company
    • a Custom Code Number  from the South African Revenue Services (if you are an importer)
    • a clearance certificate from the South African Police Service.

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Legal framework

(Documents are provided in PDF format. To open PDF documents, you need to have Adobe Acrobat Reader 4 or higher installed on your computer.)

National Road Traffic Act, 1996 (Act 93 of 1996)

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Service standard

The application is processed on the same day and the registration certificate is issued the following day.

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Cost 

Province

Registration fee

Eastern Cape

R540

Free State

R1080

Gauteng

R10 000

KwaZulu-Natal

R10 000

Limpopo

R5000

Mpumalanga

R2100

Northern Cape

R300

North West

R278

Western Cape

R300


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Forms to complete

The form is available from traffic offices.

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Contact details

Last reviewed:03 June 2008
   
 

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