In this Act, unless the context indicates otherwise—

"amendment"

with regard to a standard, includes complete or partial substitution or alteration of one or more of the provisions of the standard;

"Board"

means the Board of the SABS established in terms of section 6;

"commodity"

includes an element or characteristic, or a category or system, of some commodity;

"conformity assessment"

means the procedure used to determine, directly or indirectly, that the relevant requirement in technical regulations, standards or any other relevant and validated documentation has been fulfilled;

"consensus"

means general agreement, characterised by the absence of sustained opposition to substantial issues by an important part of the concerned interests, arrived at by a process that involves seeking to take into account the views of the parties concerned and to reconcile any conflicting arguments;

"issue"

with regard to a South African National Standard, a standard or a publication, includes making available by means of electronic, photographic or another medium;

"manufacture"

means produce, assemble, alter, modify, adapt, convert, process or treat;

"Minister"

means the Minister responsible for trade and industry in the Republic;

"product"

means any commodity that is manufactured and any agricultural product, including fish and fish products;

"Public Finance Management Act"

means the Public Finance Management Act, 1999 (Act No. 1 of 1999);

"recognised standards development organisation"

means an organization recognised by the SABS under section 25 for the development of standards to be approved by the SABS as South African National Standards;

"service"

means any service normally provided for remuneration, and at the individual request of a recipient of services;

"SABS"

means the South African Bureau of Standards;

"South African National Standard"

means a standard approved by the SABS under this Act;

"standard"

means a document that provides for common and repeated use, rules, guidelines or characteristics for products, services, or processes and production methods, including terminology, symbols, packaging, marking or labeling requirements as they apply to a product, service, process or production method;

"system"

with regard to a commodity, means a system which is designed to achieve a particular purpose or to perform a specific function;

"this Act"

includes a regulation made in terms of this Act.