RTIA Annual Report E-Book

The chart below shows the month to month comparison of notices captured in 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 financial years.

disputes the alleged violation or is of the opinion that he/ she should not be held responsible for the violation; or • Nomination of the driver or person in control of the vehicle at the time the infringement was committed , which can be submitted for any one of the following notice types : AARTO 03 (camera); AARTO 31 (issued as an AARTO 03b notice for an unattended vehicle) and AARTO 03a (operator) infringement notices, and in which case the infringer has to submit a completed form AARTO 07 to the Issuing Authority that served the notice, nominating the driver or person in control of the vehicle at the time the infringement was committed. The original infringement is cancelled once the nomination was successful and a new Infringement Notice is created on the NCR and served on the nominated driver; or • Elect to be tried in court , in which case the infringer has to submit a completed form AARTO 10 an election for the case to be tried in court to the Issuing Authority that served the notice. Details on the number of elective options exercised by infringers during the year under review are provided below. (a) Payment of the Penalty Details on the payment of penalties are provided under Part E: Financial Information, subsection 2: “Annual Financial Statements”. (b) Notifications to make payment in Instalments The table below shows the change in number of notifications to make payments in instalments submitted using the AARTO 04 form in 2022- 2023 in comparison with the 2023-2024.

Number of Notices Captured per Month: RTMC

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20,000

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2023-2024

4.3. Elective Options Exercised By Infringers Upon being served an infringement notice, either in person or through registered mail, the AARTO process allows infringers to select any one of the following five (5) elective options to be followed within a period of 32 days after having received such notice: • Payment of the penalty discounted by 50% , in which case the infringer may pay the penalty at any of the pay points indicated on the notice; or • Notification to make payment in Instalments , in which case the infringer has to submit a completed form AARTO 04 to the RTIA; or • Submit a Representation , in which case the infringer has to submit a completed form AARTO 08 to the RTIA providing sufficient motivation in cases where an infringer

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Road Traffic Infringement Agency • Annual Report 2023/24