South African Schools Act No. 84 of 1996Regulations relating to Safety Measures at Independent Schools1. Definitions |
In these Regulations, any word or expression to which a meaning has been assigned in the Act, has that meaning and, unless the context indicates otherwise—
"dangerous object"
means—
(a) | any explosive material or device; |
(b) | any firearm or gas weapon; |
(c) | any article, object or instrument that may be employed to cause bodily harm to a person or damage to property, or to render a person temporarily paralysed or unconscious: or |
(d) | any object that the Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, declare to be a dangerous object for the purposes of these regulations, |
unless such objects are used for educational purposes;
"HOD"
means the Head of the Education Department in a province;
"illegal drug"
means any unlawful intoxicating or stupefying substance;
"independent school premises"
includes a building, structure, hall, room, office, convenience, piece of land or enclosure that is under the control of an independent school and to which a member of the public has a right of access or is usually admitted, or to which he or she may be admitted;
"owner"
means a person in whose name an independent school is registered in terms of section 46 of the South African Schools Act, 1996 (Act No. 84 of 1996).