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 otherwise indicates—

“activity limitation”

means some difficulty in managing ordinary self-care and other everyday activities independently even with some technical or personal assistance;

“additional payment”

means additional payment referred to in section 12A of the Act;

“advanced electronic signature”

means “advanced electronic signature as defined in section 1 of the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act;

"assessment"

means—

"assets"

means assets referred to in regulation 21(3);

“biometrics”

means “biometrics” as defined in section 1 of the Protection of Personal Information Act;

"birth certificate"

means a birth certificate as referred to in the Births and Deaths Registration Act, 1992 (Act No. 51 of 1992), and includes a birth certificate issued by a country other than the Republic, if the child is not a South African citizen;

"breadwinner"

means a person who generates the main or sole source of income in the immediate family household;

"card"

means a pocket-sized Agency branded card with embedded integrated circuits, which is able to store data, process payment and communicate with a Card Reader;

"Child-headed household"

means a “child-headed household” as defined in section 1 of the Children’s Act;

"Children's Act"

means the Children's Act, 2005 (Act No. 38 of 2005);

"children's court"

means a children’s court as defined in section 1 of the Children’s Act;

"cluster foster care scheme"

means a cluster foster care scheme as defined in the Children's Act;

"credit provider"

means credit provider as defined in the National Credit Act, 2005 (Act No. 34 of 2005);

“date of application”

means the date on which all the necessary documentation have been lodged with the Agency;“electronic communication” means electronic communication as defined in section 1 of the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act;

“Electronic Communications and Transactions Act”

means the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act, 2002 (Act No. 25 of 2002);

“electronic signature”

means an electronic signature as defined in section 1 of the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act;

"financial institution"

means—

“foster parent”

means a foster parent as defined in section 1 of the Children’s Act;

“health practitioner”

means a health practitioner as defined in section 1 of the Health Professions Act, 1974 (Act No. 56 of 1974);

"identity document"

means the identity card referred to in the Identification Act, 1997 (Act No. 68 of 1997) and unless inconsistent with the provisions of that Act, includes an identity document referred to in section 25(1) or (2) of that Act, and further includes an identity document issued to a refugee in terms of section 30 of the Refugees Act, 1998 (Act No. 130 of 1998);

"income"

means income as contemplated in regulation 21;

"institution funded by the state"

means a prison, a psychiatric hospital, a home for older persons, a treatment centre as defined in section 1 of the Prevention and Treatment of Drug Dependency Act, 1992 (Act No. 20 of 1992) or a child and youth care centre as described in section 191(1) of the Children’s Amendment Act, 2007 (Act No. 41 of 2007), which is wholly funded by the State;

"life certificate"

means—

"manual payment"

means a payment in cash to a beneficiary at a designated place;

"means"

for the purposes of the older persons grant, disability grant, war veterans grant and social relief of distress, excluding social relief of distress as contemplated in regulation 11(2), means the income and assets of—

"medical officer"

means a medical practitioner or a health practitioner in the service of the State or a person appointed under a contract to perform the functions or render the services of a medical officer on behalf of the State;

"medical practitioner"

means a medical practitioner as defined in section 1 of the Health Professions Act, 1974 (Act No. 56 of 1974)

“orphan”

means an orphan as defined in section 1 of the Children’s Act;

"pay-point"

means a place designated by the Agency for the payment of social assistance;

“permanent care”

means caring for a care dependent child referred to in section 7 of the Act on a 24-hour basis by—

"person"

for the purpose of social relief of distress in the event of a disaster means the head of the household or any person within the household acting on his or her behalf;

“prevention and early intervention programmes”

means prevention and early intervention programmes referred to in Chapter 8 of the Children’s Act;

“Protection of Personal Information Act"

means the Protection of Personal Information Act, 2013 (Act No. 4 of 2013);

"refugee"

means a person referred to in section 1 of the Refugees Act, 1998 (Act No. 130 of 1998);

“relative”

in relation to an orphan includes a grandparent, brother, sister, uncle, aunt or cousin of the child;

"representative"

means an authorised representative of a non-profit organisation registered as a child protection organisation managing a cluster foster care scheme;

“resident”

means resident as defined in section 1 of the Immigration Act, 2000 (Act No.13 of 2000);

"review"

means to verify whether or not a grant recipient still complies with the requirements for social assistance;

"SASSA Act"

means the South African Social Security Agency Act, 2004 (Act No. 9 of 2004);

"service provider"

means any person, excluding employees of the Agency, rendering social assistance or providing any service for the rendering of such social assistance on behalf of the Agency;

"sign"

means the use of biometrics, electronic signature or advanced electronic signature and ‘signature’ has a corresponding meaning;

"social assistance"

means "social assistance" as defined in section 1 of the Act;

"social grant"

means "social grant" as defined in section 1 of the Act;

“social service professional”

includes the probation officer, development worker, child and youth care worker, youth worker, social auxiliary worker, and social security worker registered as such in terms of the Social Service Professions Act, 1978 (Act No. 110 of 1978);

"spouse"

means a person who is the spouse or partner of a person in accordance with the Marriage Act, 1961 (Act No. 25 of 1961), the Recognition of Customary Marriages Act, 1998 (Act No. 120 of 1998) or the Civil Union Act 2006 (Act No. 17 of 2006) or the tenets of any Asiatic religion and "spousal relationship" has a corresponding meaning;

“support services”

means—

"temporary safe care"

means temporary safe care as defined in the Children's Act, 2005 (Act No. 38 of 2005);

"the Act"

means the Social Assistance Act, 2004 (Act No. 13 of 2004); and

"verify"

means the scrutinising of any document, report, completed application or any other evidence to determine whether or not a person qualifies for social assistance.