'Board'

means the Municipal Demarcation Board established by section 2;

'committee'

means a committee of the Board established in terms of section 18 and includes an investigating committee contemplated in section 30;

'Constitution'

means the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa;

'Department'

means the national department responsible for local government;

[Definition of 'Department' substituted by section 4 (a) of Act 51 of 2002.]

'determination'

includes any redetermination, and 'determine' and 'redetermine' have corresponding meanings;

[Definition of 'determination' substituted by section 4 (b) of Act 51 of 2002.]

'Electoral Commission'

means the Electoral Commission established by section 3 of the Electoral Commission Act, 1996 (Act 51 of 1996);

'employee'

except in sections 34 (1) and 35 (1), includes a person seconded to the Board;

[Definition of 'employee' substituted by section 4 (c) of Act 51 of 2002.]

'financial year'

means the financial year of the Board, which is the same as that of the Department;

'Manager'

means the Manager of the Board appointed in terms of section 33;

'MEC for local government'

means the member of the Executive Council of a province responsible for local government in the province;

'metropolitan area'

means an area recognised as a metropolitan area in terms of the Local Government: Municipal Structures Act, 1998;

'Minister'

means the national Minister responsible for local government;

[Definition of 'Minister' substituted by section 4 (d) of Act 51 of 2002.]

'municipality'

means a municipality mentioned in section 155 (6) of the Constitution and includes a municipality which existed when this Act took effect;

'organ of state'

means an organ of state as defined in section 239 of the Constitution;

'President'

means the President acting as the head of the national executive in terms of section 85 (2) of the Constitution;

'SALGA'

means the South African Local Government Association recognised in terms of the Organised Local Government Act, 1997 (Act 52 of 1997), as the national organisation representing municipalities; and

'this Act'

includes the regulations made under section 41.

[Definition of 'this Act' substituted by section 4 (e) of Act 51 of 2002.]