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

In these Directions, any word or expression to which a meaning has been assigned in the Disaster Management Act or the Regulations bears the meaning so assigned and, unless the context indicates otherwise—

"Alert Level 4"

means Alert Level 4 as determined in terms of regulation 3(2) of the Regulations, commencing on 1 May 2020;

"car"

means any vehicle designed or adapted for propulsion or haulage on a road by means of fuel, gas or electricity or any other means, including Passenger Cars (PCs), Light Commercial Vehicles (LCV), Medium Commercial Vehicles (MCV), Heavy Commercial Vehicles (HCV), Extra Heavy Commercial Vehicles (XHCV), inclusive of buses, motorcycles, trailers, caravans, agricultural or any other implement designed or adapted to be drawn by such car;

"COVID-19"

means the Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCov2), (SARS-COV2/COVID-19);

"CPA"

means the Consumer Protection Act, 2008 (Act No. 68 of 2008);

"Disaster Management Act"

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

"importer"

means an importer of cars and includes distributors of cars;

"OEM"

means an Original Equipment Manufacturer;

"Regulations"

means the Regulations issued in terms of section 27(2) of the Disaster Management Act and published on 29 April 2020 in Government Notice No. R.480 of Government Gazette No. 43258;

"trade associations"

means associations that act as a collective to represent, assist, educate, and advise their members in matters of common interest; and

"used car"

means a car that has been previously licensed or registered and includes demonstration (demo) cars, but excludes a car or the components thereof disposed of as scrap or utilised for parts and not saleable as an operating car.