           DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT                        NO. 2084 13 May 2022                         NATIONAL RAILWAY SAFETY REGULATOR ACT, 2002 (ACT NO. 16 OF 2002)                  DETERMINATION OF PERMIT FEES UNDER SECTION 23(2) OF THE NATIONAL  RAILWAY SAFETY REGULATOR ACT, 2002                       Fikile April Mbalula, Minister of Transport, in terms of section 23(2)(a) of the National Railway Safety Regulator Act, 2002 (Act No. 16 of 2002) as amended, hereby determine as indicated in the Schedule, fees that the Railway Safety Regulator must charge for safety permits, with effect from 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023.                        The Safety Permit Fees are published for compliance and general information.                     MR(jp KILE A MBALULA, MR MINISTER OF TRANSPORT DATE                             SCHEDULE                   1. Definitions                   For the purpose of calculating fees                     activity means the activities undertaken by operators on a railway network;                     annuai passengers means the total number of passengers transported aboard railway operator s passenger or commuter roiling stock between two points (i.e. a station of boarding and of disembarkation) with the exception of a train operator s personnel, over the period of an operator s most recently completed financial year;                      annuai tons means the total sum of the mass of dangerous or general goods loaded onto a locomotive by a train operator in the preceding financial year, and transported along the portion of a rail network for which the train operator has a permit to traverse;                       cape gauge means a type of railway track where the distance between the two rails of the track is 1,067 millimetres in length; .                       general freight or passenger operators means network, train or station operators {or a combination thereof) whose operations include the transportation of passengers and freight that excludes dangerous or mining goods;                      mine operations means the operations undertaken above surface by train, network, and station operators to support mining activities;                      non-rail related revenue means revenue generated by Train Operators, Network Operators or Station Operators whose railway operation is incidental to its main business;                      passengers means people transported by a train between two points (i.e. a station of boarding and of disembarkation) with the exception of a train operator s personnel;                      rail-reiated revenue means the gross inflow of cash arising from all rail operating activities of an operator;                              relevant risk-based fee rate means the rand value equivalent of the risks attributable to rail activities. The units of measurement include R/Kilometres (for network operations), R/number of stations (for station operator), R/passenger kilometres (for passenger operations), and R/ton kilometre (for freight operations);                      standard gauge railway track where the distance between the two rails of the railway track is 1,435 millimetres in length; and                      tourist passengers means passengers transported aboard railway operator's rolling stock between two points (i.e. a station of boarding and of disembarkation) for recreational purposes, with the exception of a train operator's personnel and commuter passengers.                        Application Fees                        A non-refundable application fee must accompany an application for a safety permit. The fees specified in the categories Operator category and amount column of the Schedule shall be payable in respect of the corresponding application fees for general safety permit that is applied for as specified in the first column of the Schedule indicated as follows  -                               APPLICATION FEES FOR GENERAL SAFETY PERMIT                            OPERATOR CATEGORY AND AMOUNT (RANDS) I                               Transportation of Mining Goods                            Transportation of Dangerous Goods                            Transportation of passengers or General Freight                                Group A  Train, Network and Station operators Application Fee                            R61 575                           R61 575                           R61 575                                Group B  Train, Network and Station Operators Application Fee                            R20176                           R21 176                           R 3645                                Group C  Train, Network and Station Operators Application Fee                            R8 461                           R8461                           R3640                                                             Other Safety Permit Fees for Railway Operations                        The fees specified in the categories OPERATOR CATEGORY AND AMOUNT column of the Schedule shall be payable in respect of the corresponding APPLICATION FEES FOR OTHER SAFETY PERMIT being applied for specified in the first column of the Schedule indicated as follows  -                              APPLICATION FEES FOR OTHER                           OPERATORS CATEGORY AND AMOUNT                               SAFETY PERMIT                           GROUP A                           GROUPB                           GROUP C                               Temporary Safety Permit                           R141 272                           R113 017                           R15 540                               Construction Train Safety Permit                           R706 361                           R91 827                           R4 238                               Test and Commissioning Safety Permit                           R1 412 723                           R141 272                           R56 510                                                            Permit Fee Rates For Non-Rail-Related Revenue Generating Train Operators, Network Operators And Station Operators                       The fees payable will be calculated as follows  -                                     OPERATOR CATEGORY                           Transportation of Mining Goods by rail                           Transportation of Dangerous Goods by rail                           Transportation of passengers and /or General Freight by rail                               NETWORK                           Permit fee paid in 2021/22 Financial Year (FY                           )                               TRAIN                           Private Siding Lines for General Freight/ Dangerous Goods                           Flat Rate  R74Q37                           Flat Rate  R493 770                           Flat Rate  R10 826.38                               Private Siding Lines for Tourist/ Passengers                           NOT APPLICABLE                           Flat Rate  R10 826.38                               STATION                           On and off boarding sites/ zones for passengers                           NOT APPLICABLE                           Flat Rate  R120 379.13                                                            Permit Fee Rates For Rail-Related Revenue Generating Train Operators, Network Operators And Station Operators                          The Operators have been grouped as follows                            Group A  Train Operators, Network Operators and Station Operators                        Railway Operators who transport 500 000 tons or more of general goods, 50 000 tons or more of dangerous goods, or passengers are liable to pay railway safety permit fees determined in accordance with the formula below.                        Group B  Train Operator , Network Operators and Station Operators                        Railway Operators who transport between 200 000 tons and 500 000 tons of general goods, less than 50 000 tons of dangerous goods or tourists are liable to pay railway safety permit fees determined in accordance with the formula below,                        Group C  Train Operators, Network Operators and Station Operators                        Railway Operators who transport less than 200 000 tons of general goods are liable to pay a flat fee of R10 826.38                        Table below is used as a basis to calculate railway Operators annual safety permit fee                                  OPERATOR GROUP                           BAND                            PERMIT FEE PAYABLE                                GROUP A                                                Train                           Dangerous goods 50 OOOt                            Permit fee determined to be paid in                                Station                           General goods 500 OOOt                            2021/22 FY                                Network                           All passengers                                       GROUP B                                               Train                           Dangerous goods                             Permit fee determined to be paid in                                Station                           General goods 200 OOOt and                             2021/22 FY                                Network                           All tourists                                       GROUPC                                               Train                           General goods                                        Station                                    Flat Rate  R10 826.38                                Network                                    __________________________________                                                                   Application of Notice                   6.1 The permit fee rates determined for the 2022/23 financial year shall apply to the following                           entities                                      (a)                         Transnet SOC Ltd                       R114 63Q 293.00                           (b)                       Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA)                       R34170 032.00                             (c)                         Bombela Operating Company                       R2 896 604.00                             (d)                          Non-South African train operators operating in the Republic of South Africa will pay the Permit Fee determined to be paid in 2021/22 FY.                                                        Short Title                   7. This notice is called the Determination of Safety Permit Fees for the 2022/23 financial year.               

National Railway Safety Regulator Act (16/2002): Determination of Permit Fees under section 23(2) of the Act