Disaster Management Act, 2002 (Act No. 57 of 2002) Notices Directions : All Courts, Court Precincts and Justice Service Points in the Republic of South Africa 1. Definitions

 

In this Schedule, unless the context indicates otherwise—

 

"Administration of Estates Act"

means the Administration of Estates Act, 1965 (Act No. 66 of 1965);

 

"permit"

means a permit issued in terms of Regulation 11B(3) by the head of an institution as defined in Chapter 2 of the Regulations;

 

"court"

means a court room or an office in which court proceedings are conducted and includes judges" chambers, magistrates" chambers and an audio- visual remand centre;

 

"court precinct"

means an area of a court demarcated as such with or without a fence or a wall;

 

"Criminal Procedure Act"

means the Criminal Procedure Act, 1977 (Act No. 51 of 1977);

 

"essential services"

means a service defined in Regulation 11A of the Regulations and for the purposes of these Directions means a service listed in item 16 of Part B of Annexure B to the Regulations;

 

"head of institution"

means the head of an institution defined in regulation 1 of the Regulations, and for the purposes of these Directions means the Director of a Provincial Legal Council established in terms of section 23 of the Legal Practice Act, or her or his delegate as the case may be;

 

"justice service points"

means the centres and offices of the Masters of the High Court and Offices of the Family Advocate;

 

"Legal Practice Act"

means Legal Practice Act, 2014 (Act No. 28 of 2014);

 

"legal Practitioner"

means a legal practitioner defined in section 1 of the Legal Practice Act, 2014;

 

"Iockdown"

means the period from midnight on Thursday 26 March 2020 until midnight on Thursday 16 April 2020;

 

"matter"

means an urgent or essential court application and hearing including a bail application in case of first appearance of an accused person, or a matter which, if not enrolled during the state of disaster, will lead to substantial injustice;

 

"provincial director"

means the director of a provincial council established in terms of section 23 of the Legal Practice Act;

 

"provincial legal council"

means a provincial council established in terms of section 23 of the Legal Practice Act;

 

"state of disaster"

means the national state of disaster declared by the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs on 15 March 2020; and

 

"the Regulations"

means the regulations issued in terms of section 27(2) of the Disaster Management Act, 2002 (Act No. 57 of 2002) and published in Government Gazette No. 43148, Government Notice No. R398 of 25 March 2020.