"independent person"

means a person who is not an employee of, and not otherwise related to, the entity he or she is auditing;

"provincial authority"

means Provincial Government Department or an agency responsible for the management of waste in the province;

"provincial waste information system"

means a provincial waste information system established in terms of section 62 of the Act;

"registration certificate"

means a written proof issued by the Department to a registered person to submit information to the South African Waste Information System in terms of Chapter 3 of the Regulations;

"registered person"

means a person who is the holder of a registration certificate;

"reporting period"

means the quarterly period of a year calculated from January in respect of which information must be reported;

"source"

means the point of origin of waste whereby registered hazardous waste generators are selected or municipality or province in the case of general waste;

"South African Waste Information System" or "SAWIS"

means a national waste information system established in terms of section 60 of the Act;

"The Act"

means the National Environmental Management: Waste Act, 2008 (Act No. 59 of 2008);

"these Regulations"

include the Annexures to these Regulations;

"waste information registration number" or "WIR number"

means the unique number allocated by the Department to a registered person in terms of these Regulations;

"waste management method"

means a systematic procedure, technique, or process for the management of waste;

"waste quantification equipment"

means a measuring device used to determine or express the quantity of waste; and

"waste quantification survey"

means the collection of data which is performed for the purpose of obtaining measurements and analysis of waste quantities.