In these Regulations, "the Act" means  the  Intergovernmental Framework Act, 2005 (Act No. 13 of 2005) and a word or expression bears the meaning assigned to it in the Act, unless the context otherwise indicates—

"catalytic programmes and projects"

means multi-year intergovernmental programmes and projects of high budget value and impact as set out in existing budgetary and fiscal frameworks;

"constitution"

means the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 (Act No. 108 of 1996);

"DCOG"

means the Department of Cooperative Governance;

"DDM implementation coordination committee"

means a committee established by the Director-General of the DCoG for the purposes of coordinating the implementation of the DDM;

"DDM"

means the District Development Model which is an operational model for improving cooperative governance;

"Director-General"

means the Director-General of the DCoG;

"DDM committee"

means an intergovernmental committee chaired by a district mayor;

"DDM coordination steering committee"

means an intergovernmental coordinating steering committee at a provincial level;

"DDM technical committee"

means an inter-departmental committee established by the Director-General in a province;

"technical DDM hub"

means an intergovernmental technical support network or team;

"district municipality"

means a municipality that has municipal executive and legislative authority in an area that includes more than one municipality, and which is categorised as a category C municipality in terms of section 155(1)(c) of the Constitution:

"district spaces"

means geographical areas whose extent and boundaries coincide with those of category C municipalities as envisaged in section 155(1)(c) of the Constitution;

"DPME"

means the Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation;

"intergovernmental  committee"

means a district  intergovernmental forum as envisaged in section 24 of the Act;

"joint programmes"

means programmes in which several departments, agencies or ministries are responsible for one aspect of the programme;

"MEC"

means a member of a provincial Executive Council;

"metropolitan DDM committee"

means an intergovernmental committee chaired by a metropolitan municipal mayor;

"metropolitan municipality"

means a municipality that has exclusive executive and legislative authority in its area and which is categorised as a category A municipality, as envisaged in section 155(1)(a) of the Constitution;

"metropolitan spaces"

means geographical areas whose extent and boundaries coincide with those of Category A municipalities, as envisaged in section 155(1)(a) of the Constitution;

"national DDM champions"

means Ministers and Deputy Ministers appointed by the President of the Republic of South Africa ("President"), to act as intergovernmental facilitators to address service delivery weaknesses, including those identified through the development and implementation of a One Plan, in their respective district and metropolitan spaces;

"one plan"

is an intergovernmental plan for the purpose  of coordinating intergovernmental catalytic programmes and projects in relation to each of the districts and metropolitan spaces;

"Presidency steering committee on the ddm"

means the technical committee established by the President to provide strategic oversight on the implementation of the DDM and technical support to the President as the overall DDM political champion;

"provincial COGTAs"

means the Provincial Departments of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs;

"reprioritisation"

means the joint process of review and adjustment of priorities and commitments by the organs of state involved, when required;

"spatialisation"

means the process of translating development priorities and objectives into spatial locations in district and metropolitan spaces; and

"terms of reference"

mean the internal procedures of intergovernmental structures, as envisaged in section 33 of the Act.