TRANSPORT OPERATORS ASSOCIATION OF ZIMBABWE v THE MINISTER OF TRANSPORT, COMMUNICATION AND INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT and MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT, COMMUNICATION AND INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT

Key Issues

• {"issue_text":"Whether section 10(2) of the Road Traffic (Construction and Equipment Use) Regulations 2010 is ultra vires the Road Traffic Act","issue_type":"law","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Section 10(2) prohibited all heavy left-hand drive vehicles regardless of signaling apparatus"}
• {"issue_text":"Whether the Regulations were validly enacted when the preamble states they were made by the Ministry instead of the Minister","issue_type":"law","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Preamble states \"Ministry of Transport, Communications and Infrastructural Development\" made the Regulations"}
• {"issue_text":"Whether the respondents' \"mistake\" defense can cure the invalidity of the Regulations","issue_type":"law","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Respondents alleged mistake but provided no evidence"}

Background