In these Regulations any word or expression to which a meaning has been assigned in the Act shall have the meaning so assigned and unless the context indicates otherwise:—

"authority"

means the water management institution responsible for compliance monitoring and enforcement of the taking of water for irrigation purposes;

"irrigation"

means the watering of fields or beds to produce agricultural crops or grazing;

"the Act"

means the National Water Act, 1998 (Act No. 36 of 1998);

"water measuring device"

means a device which can be used to measure and record the volume of the flow of water in an open channel or a closed conduit; and

"water user"

for the purposes of these Regulations means a person or water management institution who takes water from a water resource for the purpose of irrigation.