The Pretoria High Court has declared the Aarto Amendment Act, on which the planned demerit system for traffic offences is based, unconstitutional and invalid.
The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) had challenged the constitutional validity of the Act.
Judge Annali Basson found in favour of Outa and agreed with the position that the legislation unlawfully intrudes upon the exclusive executive and legislative competence of the local and provincial governments envisaged in the Constitution, preventing local and provincial governments from regulating their own affairs.
BREAKING NEWS: Court declares #AARTO #unconstitutional and #invalid, finds in #OUTA's favour. Dept of Transport and @rtia_aarto send back to re-do the law, ordered to pay OUTA's legal costs. https://t.co/lbfPpvfVCH
— OUTA (@OUTASA) January 13, 2022
