Disaster Management Act, 2002 (Act No. 57 of 2002)

In these directions, any other word or expression to which a meaning has been assigned in the Act shall have that meaning assigned to it in the Act, and unless the context requires otherwise—

"Commercial Ports"

means all nine (9) South African Sea Ports provided in the Act;

"COVID-19"

means the Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCov2) which is an infectious disease caused by a virus that has previously not been scientifically identified in humans, which emerged during 2019 and was declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organisation in 2020;

"Disaster Management Act"

means Disaster Management Act, 2002 (Act No 57 of 2002);

"the Act"

means the National Ports Act (Act No. 12 of 2005).