In this Act, unless the context indicates otherwise—

"Antarctica"

means the area to which a particular treaty applies;

"Contracting Party"

means a Contracting Party to any treaty, and "another Contracting Party" means a "Contracting Party" other than the Government of the Republic;

"Department"

means the Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism;

"Director-General"

means the Director-General: Environmental Affairs and Tourism;

"Minister"

means the Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism;

"regulation"

means any regulation made under this Act,

"this Act"

includes the regulations;

"treaty"

means an international agreement (howsoever described) relating to Antarctica which in terms of this Act and the Constitution forms part of the law of South Africa and which is mentioned in Schedule 1, and includes any annexure to such international agreement.