These penalties need a re-think
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
The regulations as current create an offence, in the event of a driver, not acting as stipulated and before the five year period ends.
On each day that the "licensed driver" does not act, (includes Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays when the offices of the Transport Department are closed for business) the licensed driver, commits an offence and has a P20 (per day) penalty to settle.
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