In this Act, unless the context indicates otherwise—

‘‘authorised user’’

means a user of the electronic deeds registration system contemplated in section 4, and ‘‘user’’ has a corresponding meaning;

‘‘Chief Registrar’’

means the Chief Registrar of Deeds appointed in terms of section 2 of the Deeds Registries Act;

‘‘conveyancer’’

means a conveyancer as defined in section 102 of the Deeds Registries Act;

‘‘deed or document’’

for the purpose of any act of registration, execution or filing in terms of the Deeds Registries Act and Sectional Titles Act or any other law, means a deed or document in the form of a data message as defined in the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act, generated, submitted, received or stored by electronic means in the electronic deeds registration system, and includes scanned images of a deed or document;

‘‘Deeds Registries Act’’

means the Deeds Registries Act, 1937 (Act No. 47 of 1937);

‘‘deeds registry’’

means a deeds registry as defined in section 102 of the Deeds Registries Act;

‘‘Electronic Communications and Transactions Act’’

means the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act, 2002 (Act No. 25 of 2002);

‘‘electronic deeds registration system’’

means the electronic deeds registration system contemplated in section 2;

‘‘executed’’

means executed in a deeds registry;

‘‘Minister’’

means the Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform;

‘‘notary public’’

means a notary public as defined in section 102 of the Deeds Registries Act;

‘‘owner’’

means an owner as defined in section 102 of the Deeds Registries Act;

‘‘prescribe’’

means prescribe by regulations;

‘‘registered’’

means registered in a deeds registry and includes registration;

‘‘Registrar’’

means the Registrar of Deeds appointed in terms of section 2 of the Deeds Registries Act;

‘‘regulation’’

means a regulation made under section 5;

‘‘Sectional Titles Act’’

means the Sectional Titles Act, 1986 (Act No. 95 of 1986); and

‘‘signature’’

in respect of any act performed in terms of the Deeds Registries Act and Sectional Titles Act by a conveyancer, notary public, statutory officer or Registrar in attesting his or her signature to a deed or document or a scanned image of a deed or document in respect of the registration thereof, means an advanced electronic signature as defined in section 1 of the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act, and

‘‘electronic signature’’

has a corresponding meaning.