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4. Amendment of regulation 154 of the Reg- ulations. This pertains to the amendment of conditions of brakes in respect to trailers drawn by ‘haulage tractors’ registered for the first time or after 1 July 1999 required to comply to standard specification SANS 1447.5. Substitution of regulation 155 of the Reg- ulations “Braking performance of service, emergency and parking brakes”. This per- tains to the braking performance of vehicles including ‘haulage tractors’.6. Substitution of regulation 192A of the Regulations “Side and rear retro-reflective material to be fitted to vehicles (contour or strip marking)”. This pertains to the affixing of retro-reflective material to be affixed to goods vehicles and trailers.7. Amendments to certain regulations 217 to 272 of the Regulations, pertaining to but not limited to – insertion of ‘haulage trac- tor’ and insertion of conditions of operating‘haulage tractors’ in applicable regulations, driving time limitations and recording of driving time (log book records) and pow- ers of traffic officers iro driving time limi- tations (No implementation date has been provided).8. Insertion of regulation 330A to 330D in the Regulations (Implementation date will be 31st January 2015):“330A. Offering and acceptance of goods on overloaded vehicle prohibited”,1) A consignor or consignee of goods shall not offer goods or accept goods if the vehicle in which it is transported is not loaded in terms of the provisions for the loading and transpor- tation of goods as prescribed in this Act.2) A consignor shall require from the op- erator of the vehicle in which the goods he or she offers for transport and in which the goods will be transported, a written submis- sion as to the payload of such vehicle and the distribution of such load on a vehicle.3) If a consignor is responsible for the load- ing of a vehicle of an operator, he or she shall take such steps as are necessary to ensure that the vehicle is loaded as contemplated in sub regulation (1) and (2).4) A consignor or consignee shall not con- clude a contract with the operator to trans- port goods on a vehicle, if the vehicle is overloaded when such load is transported on such vehicle.“Consignors” and “Consignees” will be re- quired to become acquainted with the provi- sions of the regulation concerned with loading and transportation of goods. By interpreta- tion, transport operators will be required to submit the legal payload mass of each vehicle offered to transport goods, the “Consignor” must ensure the goods do not exceed the pay- load mass of the vehicle type and load the ve- hicle as recommended by the transport opera- tor – to ensure the vehicle is not overloaded. The “Consignor”; who is responsible for the loading of goods, shall do so to ensure theGEA Refrigeration Africa (Pty) Ltd19 Chain Avenue, Montague Gardens, 7441, RSA P.O.Box 36815, Chempet, 7442, RSAPhone: +27 21 555 9000, Fax: +27 21 551 4036 industrial@gea.com, www.gearefrigeration.co.zaThe highesT degree in cusTomised soluTionsWhatever your refrigeration requirements, we can provide you with a hands-on, professional service which includes project management from the inception and planning stages through to completion. Every project we manage is done with the highest level of attention to detail and in accordance with strict safety measures and legislation.engineering for a better worldINDUSTRY NEWS19 FEB | MARCH 2015