The Constitutional Court will on Tuesday hear an application by the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse for the confirmation of an order made by the High Court in Pretoria, declaring the AARTO Act and the Amendment Act unconstitutional and invalid.
Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula contends that the matters dealt with in AARTO and the Amendment Act fall within ‘road traffic regulations’ which he contends falls within the concurrent legislative competence of both Parliament and provincial governments. He submits that AARTO regulates and provides for road traffic regulation and he contends that there is no provision in the Constitution that confers exclusive legislative competence to any sphere of government in respect of road traffic regulation.At the beginning of this year, OUTA called on motorists to continue following the rules of the road despite the AARTO Act having been declared unlawful.
Executive Director of the Accountability Division at OUTA Advocate Stefanie Fick cautioned against reckless driving. “This doesn’t mean that all of a sudden people can drive however they want and it does not promote lawlessness. The crimes are still there, and you can’t drive recklessly and negligently. You can’t park wherever you want. We still need legislation in this country that the department can administer, that is rational and that is fit for purpose.
JvanLogg Yep, let's get this over with so the public can complain for the next 6 months about their tax money filling the debt hole... Right OUTASA ?