means the public service referred to in section 1(1) of the Public Service Act, 1994 (Proclamation No. 103 of 1994), and includes any organisational component contemplated in section 7(4) of that Act and specified in the first column of Schedule 2 to that Act, but excluding—
| (a) | the members of the National Defence Force, |
(b) [Paragraph (b) deleted by section 53 of the General Intelligence Laws Amendment Act, 2013 (Act No. 11 of 2013)]
(c) [Paragraph (c) deleted by section 53 of the General Intelligence Laws Amendment Act, 2013 (Act No. 11 of 2013)]
(d) [Paragraph (d) deleted by section 53 of the General Intelligence Laws Amendment Act, 2013 (Act No. 11 of 2013)]
(e) [Paragraph (e) deleted by section 53 of the General Intelligence Laws Amendment Act, 2013 (Act No. 11 of 2013)]