In these Regulations, unless the context indicates otherwise, a word or expression to which a meaning has been assigned in the Act or the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa Act, 2000 (Act 13 of 2000), as amended shall have the meaning so assigned, and the following words and expressions shall have the meaning set out below:

"Act"

means the Electronic Communications Act, 2005 (Act No. 36 of 2005) as amended;

“Authority”

means the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa;

"Chairperson"

means a Panel member appointed by Council to chair the Panel;

"Consumer"

means a subscriber, end-user or person making use of a service licensed (or exempted) under Chapter 3 of the ECA or in terms of Chapter 3 of the Postal Services Act.

"Community of interest"

means a group of persons or sector of the public having a specific ascertainable, common interest, the distinctive feature of the group being the common interest that makes such a group of persons or sector of the public an identifiable community;

"Council"

means the Council appointed in terms of section 5 of the ICASA Act;

"ICASA Act"

means the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa Act, 2000 (Act No. 13 of 2000), as amended;

“Panel"

means the Consumer Advisory Panel established in terms of section 71 of the Act;

"Panel member"

means a member referred to in regulation 5 of these Regulations; and

“SMME”

has the meaning assigned to it in the Act.