"accreditation"

means accreditation of a municipality, in terms of section 10(2) of the Housing Act, 1997 (Act No. 107 of 1997), to administer national housing programmes, read with Part 3 of the National Housing Code, 2009 (Financial Interventions: Accreditation of Municipalities);

"allocation"

means the equitable share allocation to the national sphere of government in Schedule 1, a province in Schedule 2 or a municipality in Schedule 3, or a conditional allocation;

"category A, B or C municipality"

means a category A, B or C municipality envisaged in section 155(1) of the Constitution;

"conditional allocation"

means an allocation to a province or municipality from the national government’s share of revenue raised nationally, envisaged in section 214(1)(c) of the Constitution, as set out in Schedule 4, 5, 6 or 7;

"Constitution"

means the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996;

"corporation for public deposits account"

means a bank account of the Provincial Revenue Fund held with the Corporation for Public Deposits, established by the Corporation for Public Deposits Act, 1984 (Act No. 46 of 1984);

"disaster"

means a national, provincial or local state of disaster declared in terms of section 27, 41 or 55 of the Disaster Management Act, 2002 (Act No. 57 of 2002);

"Education Infrastructure Grant"

means the Education Infrastructure Grant referred to in Part A of Schedule 4;

"financial year"

means, in relation to—

"framework"

means the conditions and other information in respect of a conditional allocation published in terms of section 16 or 26;

"Health Facility Revitalisation Grant"

means the Health Facility Revitalisation Grant referred to in Part A of Schedule 5;

"Human Settlements Development Grant"

means the Human Settlements Development Grant referred to in Part A of Schedule 5;

"Integrated City Development Grant"

means the Integrated City Development Grant referred to in Part B of Schedule 4;

"Integrated National Electrification Programme Grant"

means the Integrated National Electrification Programme Grant referred to in Part B of Schedule 5 or Part B of Schedule 6;

"legislation"

means national legislation or provincial legislation as defined in section 239 of the Constitution;

"level one accreditation"

means accreditation to render beneficiary management, subsidy budget planning and allocation, and priority programme management and administration, of national housing programmes;

"level three accreditation"

means an executive assignment to administer all aspects, including financial administration, of national housing programmes;

"level two accreditation"

means accreditation to render full programme management and administration of all housing instruments and national housing programmes in addition to the responsibilities under a level one accreditation;

"Maths, Science and Technology Grant"

means the Maths, Science and Technology Grant referred to in Part A of Schedule 5;

"medium term expenditure framework"

means a budgeting framework applied by the National Treasury which—

"metropolitan municipality"

means a metropolitan municipality as defined in section 1 of the Municipal Structures Act;

"Municipal Finance Management Act"

means the Local Government: Municipal Finance Management Act, 2003 (Act No. 56 of 2003);

"Municipal Structures Act"

means the Local Government: Municipal Structures Act, 1998 (Act No. 117 of 1998);

"Municipal Systems Act"

means the Local Government: Municipal Systems Act, 2000 (Act No. 32 of 2000);

"Neighbourhood Development Partnership Grant"

means the Neighbourhood Development Partnership Grant referred to in Part B of Schedule 5 or Part B of Schedule 6;

"organ of state"

means an organ of state as defined in section 239 of the Constitution;

"overpayment"

means the transfer of more than the allocated amount of an allocation or the transfer of an allocation not in accordance with a payment schedule;

"payment schedule"

means a schedule which sets out—

"prescribe"

means prescribe by regulation in terms of section 37;

"primary bank account"

in relation to—

"Provincial Roads Maintenance Grant"

means the Provincial Roads Maintenance Grant referred to in Part A of Schedule 4;

"Public Finance Management Act"

means the Public Finance Management Act, 1999 (Act No. 1 of 1999);

"Public Transport Network Grant"

means the Public Transport Network Grant referred to in Part B of Schedule 5;

"Public Transport Operations Grant"

means the Public Transport Operations Grant referred to in Part A of Schedule 4;

"quarter"

means, in relation to—

"receiving officer"

means, in relation to—

"receiving provincial department"

in relation to a Schedule 4, 5 or 7 allocation transferred to a province, means the provincial department which receives that allocation or a portion thereof for expenditure via an appropriation from its Provincial Revenue Fund;

"School Infrastructure Backlogs Grant"

means the School Infrastructure Backlogs Grant referred to in Part A of Schedule 6;

"this Act"

includes any framework or allocation published, or any regulation made, in terms of this Act;

"transferring officer"

means the accounting officer of a national department that transfers a Schedule 4, 5 or 7 allocation to a province or municipality or spends a Schedule 6 allocation on behalf of a province or municipality;

"Urban Settlements Development Grant"

means the Urban Settlements Development Grant referred to in Part B of Schedule 4;

"working day"

means any day except a Saturday, a Sunday or a public holiday as defined in the Public Holidays Act, 1994 (Act No. 36 of 1994).