AARTO training programme

Our facilitated one-day in-person workshop or facilitated half-day online presentation/webinar is designed to provide comprehensive insights into the AARTO Act and its implications.

The programme is structured as follows:

1. Introduction to the AARTO Act: Overview of the AARTO Act

• Administrative law application
• Comparison with the Criminal Procedure Act
• AARTO as a prosecutorial instrument.

2. Traffic Violations: Distinguishing between:

• Traffic violations
• Charges
• Infringements

3. The AARTO Process: Understanding the three stages of the AARTO process:

• Infringement notice
• Service of notices
• Options upon receipt of infringement notices:
• nominating the driver
• payment of discounted fines
• representations
• Courtesy letters
• Enforcement orders, consequences of enforcement letters.

4. The Points-Demerit System: Applying the points-demerit system

• Maximum demerit points
• Suspension/cancellation of licences and driver permits
• Rehabilitation programmes
• Demerit points associated with common traffic infringements.

5. Business Vehicles: Evaluating regulations surrounding business vehicles

• Nominated proxies, roles and duties of proxies, record keeping, nomination of drivers, verification of driver demerit points
• Advice to juristic persons, fleet owners, transport managers.

6. The Road Traffic Infringement Authority (RTIA): Describing the role and objectives of RTIA and the AARTO Appeals Tribunal.

7. Practical Activities: Evaluating practical scenario-based activities.