In these regulations, any word or expression to which a meaning has been assigned in the Further Education and Training Act, 1998 (Act No. 98 of 1998), has the same meaning and, unless the context otherwise indicates –

"accreditation"

means the certification for a particular period of time, of a body or an institution as having the capacity to fulfill a particular function in the quality assurance system set up by the South African Qualifications Authority in terms of the South African Qualifications Authority Act, 1995 (Act No. 58 of 1995).

"amendment"

means an alteration in the conditions of registration or provisional registration of an institution in terms of section 34 of the Act;

"application for amendment"

means an application made in terms of section 31 of the Act;

"application for conversion"

means an application for conversion of provisional registration contemplated in regulation 16;

"condition"

means a stipulation or directive imposed by the registrar on an institution in terms of section 33 of the Act;

"conversion of provisional registration"

means the action contemplated in section 27(6)(a) of the Act whereby a provisionally registered institution is registered;

"director"

means the director of a company as defined in the Companies Act, 1973 (Act No. 61 of 1973);

"expiry date"

means the date on which the provisional registration contemplated in section 27(4)(a) and (5) of the Act expires;

"foreign applicant"

means an applicant who is a foreign juristic person as defined in the Act;

"Gazette"

means Government Gazette;

"GENFETQA"

means the General and Further Education and Training Quality Assurance Council established in terms of section 4 of the General and Further Education and Training Quality Assurance Act, 2001 (Act No. 58 of 2001), also known as "Amalusi";

"institution"

means a private further education and training institution that is registered or provisionally registered in terms of the Act;

"NQF"

means the National Qualifications Framework as contemplated in the South African Qualifications Authority Act, 1995 (Act No. 58 of 1995);

"programme"

means the sequential learning activities, associated with curriculum implementation, leading to the achievement of a qualification registered at levels 2 to 4 on the NQF;

"qualification"

means a qualification registered at levels 2 to 4 on the NQF in terms of regulation 8 of the National Standards Bodies Regulations, 1998 (Government Gazette No. 452 of 28 March 1998);

"registration"

means the granting of an application to operate as a private further education and training institution in terms of the Act, offering such programmes leading to registered qualifications on such sites as the registrar may approve in terms of these regulations;

"requirements"

means the prescribed criteria contemplated in chapter 3 of these regulations or any other criteria prescribed in the Act that an applicant or institution must fulfill in order to be registered or maintain registration;

"site"

means any learning site such as a campus, satellite campus or learning centre controlled and administered by an applicant or an institution; and

"the Act''

means the Further Education and Training Act, 1998 (Act No. 98 of 1998) and any regulations determined in terms of or under the Act.