To provide for the carrying out and the regulation of the functions of the Province and the Department of Community Safety under Chapter 11 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa.
The Act, in terms of section 8, gives the Minister the power to make regulations governing road safety matters, a critical weapon in the on-going battle against the carnage on the roads.
To provide for the planning, design, declaration, construction, maintenance, control, management, regulation, upgrading and rehabilitation of roads, railway lines and other transport infrastructure in the Western Cape.