Disaster Management Act, 2002 (Act No. 57 of 2002)NoticesDirections from the Department of Health to prevent and combat the spread of COVID-191. Definitions |
In this Schedule a word or expression bears the same meaning assigned to it in the regulations made under section 27(2) of the Disaster Management Act, 2002 (Act No. 57 of 2002) and published in Government Notice No. R.480 of 29 April 2020 as amended by Government Notices No. R. 608 of 28 May 2020, 714 of 25 June 2020 and 763 of 12 July 2020, and unless the context otherwise indicates—
means a person who is COVID-19 positive but is not showing any symptoms associated with COVID-19;
[Definition inserted by section 1 of Notice No. R. 868, GG43600, dated 7 August 2020]
means persons on board a conveyance who are not passengers;
[Definition substituted by section 1 of Notice No. 1278, GG43954, dated 3 December 2020]
means persons entering through the borders of the Republic for the purposes of transporting cargo.
[Definition inserted by section 1 of Notice No. 1360, GG44004, dated 15 December 2020]
means to release a person from isolation or to no longer require a person to be isolated from others;
[Definition inserted by section 1 of Notice No. R. 868, GG43600, dated 7 August 2020]
means Directions published in Government Notice No. 796 of 17 July 2020 as amended by Government Notice No. R. 868 of 7 August 2020;
[Definition substituted by section 1 of Notice No. 1278, GG43954, dated 3 December 2020]
means a temperature of above 38 degree Celsius;
[Definition inserted by section 1 of Notice No. R. 868, GG43600, dated 7 August 2020]
means a person who travels through the borders of the Republic on more than one occasion within a fourteen-day period excluding airline crew and cross border freight operators;
[Definition inserted by section 1 of Notice No. 1278, GG43954, dated 3 December 2020]
means a health officer as defined in the National Health Act, 2003 (Act No. 61 of 2003);
means human remains as defined in the Human Remains Regulations, mortal remains has similar meaning;
means the regulations relating to the management of human remains made under section 68(1)(b) read with section 90(4)(c) of the National Health Act, 2003 and published in Government Notice No. R. 363 of 22 May 2013;
means a Polymerase Chain Reaction test result stating the particular names of the traveller corresponding to the passport and issued by a laboratory with its name indicated on the test result;
[Definition inserted by section 1 of Notice No. 1278, GG43954, dated 3 December 2020]
means personal protective equipment;
means a port of entry designated by the Cabinet Minister responsible for Home Affairs.
means a person who is COVID-19 positive and shows or experiences symptoms of COVID-19.
[Definition inserted by section 1 of Notice No. R. 868, GG43600, dated 7 August 2020]
means the regulations published in Government Gazette No. 43258, Government Notice No. R.480 of 29 April 2020, as amended by Government Notice No. 608 of 28 May 2020 and Government Notice No. 714 of 25 June 2020.