“Act”

means the Competition Act No. 89 of 1998, as amended;

“Energy Users”

means Firms that are users of energy supply, including all forms of energy supply;

“Electricity Supply Constraint”

means constraints in the supply of national energy requirements through the national grid;

"HDP Firms”

means firms owned and controlled by historically disadvantaged persons in terms of section 3(2) of the Act;

“SMMEs”

means small business, micro business or medium-sized business as defined by the Minister in Government Gazette No.987 of 12 July 2019 or its successor in title, or business, as the context dictates and as defined by section 1 of the Act;

“the Commission”

means the Competition Commission, a juristic person established in terms of section 19 of the Act; and

“the dtic”

means the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition.