Films and Publications Act, 1996 (Act No. 65 of 1996)RegulationsFilms and Publications Regulations, 2022Schedule 2Part 11. Definitions |
In this Schedule, any word or expression to which a meaning has been assigned by the Act, shall have the meaning so assigned and, unless the context otherwise indicates—
“answer”
means a document as described in regulation 12 of Schedule 2 and filed by a respondent;
“appeal”
means a matter initiated by section 20(1) of the Act;
“appellant”
means a party who initiates an appeal in terms of section 20(1) of the Act;
“applicant”
means a person who files an application in terms of regulation 10(1);
“application”
means a request submitted in terms of regulation 10(1);
“certified copy”
means a copy of a document certified by a Commissioner of Oaths;
“chairperson”
means the officer of the Appeal Tribunal appointed in terms of section 20(2) of the Act;
“deliver”
depending on the context, means to serve, or to file, a document;
“Enforcement Committee”,
depending on the context, means either—
(a) | the body established by section 3 of the Act; |
(b) | a panel of the enforcement committee convened in terms of section 6B(1) of the Act; or |
(c) | the registrar of the Enforcement Committee; |
“file”,
when used as a verb, means to deposit with the registrar;
“initiating document”
means the application to bring a matter before the Appeal Tribunal;
“initiating party”
means the applicant or the appellant, as the case may be;
“intervenor”
means any person who has been granted standing to participate in particular proceedings before the Appeal Tribunal;
“member”
means a person appointed to the Appeal Tribunal;
“Notice of Appeal”
means an initiating document as described in regulation 10(1);
“public holiday”
means a public holiday referred to in section 1 of the Public Holidays Act, 1994 (Act 36 of 1994);
“registrar”
means the officer of the Appeal Tribunal appointed in terms of regulation 4 and includes any acting or assistant registrar;
“reply”
means a document as described in regulation 13 and filed by a respondent;
“respondent”
means in respect of an appeal, the FPB;
“regulation”
includes any footnote to a regulation, and any table included within or referred to in a regulation; and
“serve”
means to deliver a document to a person other than the registrar.