In this Act, unless the context indicates otherwise—

‘‘authorised user’’

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

[Definition substituted by schedule (1)(a) of Deeds Registries Amendment Act, 2024 (Act No. 20 of 2024), Notice No. 5649, GG51730, dated 10 December 2024]

‘‘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, recordal, 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 and recordal system, and includes scanned images of a deed or document;

[Definition substituted by schedule (1)(b) of Deeds Registries Amendment Act, 2024 (Act No. 20 of 2024), Notice No. 5649, GG51730, dated 10 December 2024]

‘‘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 and recordal system’’

means the electronic deeds registration and recordal system contemplated in section 2;

[Definition substituted by schedule (1)(c) of Deeds Registries Amendment Act, 2024 (Act No. 20 of 2024), Notice No. 5649, GG51730, dated 10 December 2024]

‘‘executed’’

means executed in a deeds registry;

‘‘Minister’’

means the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development;

[Definition substituted by schedule (1)(d) of Deeds Registries Amendment Act, 2024 (Act No. 20 of 2024), Notice No. 5649, GG51730, dated 10 December 2024]

‘‘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;

‘‘recorded’’

means recorded in a deeds registry and includes registration;

[Definition inserted by schedule (1)(e) of Deeds Registries Amendment Act, 2024 (Act No. 20 of 2024), Notice No. 5649, GG51730, dated 10 December 2024]

‘‘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 or recordal thereof, means an advanced electronic signature as defined in section 1 of the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act;

[Definition substituted by schedule (1)(f) of Deeds Registries Amendment Act, 2024 (Act No. 20 of 2024), Notice No. 5649, GG51730, dated 10 December 2024]

‘‘electronic signature’’

has a corresponding meaning.