In these Regulations, any word or expression defined in the Act has the same meaning in these Regulations, unless the context indicates otherwise, and—

"Act"

means the Spatial Planning and Land Use Management Act, 2013 (Act No. 16 of 2013);

"appeal authority"

means the appeal authority referred to in regulation 20;

"authorised official"

means an official who may consider and determine applications as contemplated in section 35(2) of the Act;

"Department"

means the national department responsible for spatial planning and land use management;

"district municipality"

means the district municipality as defined in the Municipal Structures Act, 1998 (Act No. 117 of 1998);

"municipal manager"

means a person appointed in terms of section 54A of the Municipal Systems Act;

"provincial legislation"

means legislation contemplated in section 10 of the Act;

"Regulations"

mean these Regulations and includes the Schedules attached hereto or referred to herein; and

"traditional council"

means a traditional council that has been established and recognised for a traditional community in accordance with the provisions of section 3 of the Traditional Leadership and Governance Framework Act, 2003 (Act No. 41 of 2003) or any corresponding provision in provincial legislation.