Reminder: Vehicle licences, licence disc not covered by expiry grace period

THE Department of Transport has clarified that the announcement of the extension of licences did not include vehicle licences and licence discs.

All learner licences, driver licence cards, temporary driving licence cards and professional driving permits were granted a grace period which ends in August this year.

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“Licence discs were not included. The extension was created to open up space for all types of licence renewals, updates and makes at DLTCs responding to the backlog created by the lockdown period,” the department said in a statement.

Transport Minister, Fikile Mbalula, said: “All learner’s licences, driving licence cards, temporary driving licences and professional driving permits, which expired during the period that commenced from 26 March up to and including 31 December 2020, are deemed to be valid, and their validity periods are extended for a further grace period ending on 31 August 2021.”  

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