means the Director-General of the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform or an officer of that Department who has been designated by the said Director-General either generally or in respect of a particular case, or in respect of cases of a particular nature;
[Definition substituted by section 35 of the Rural Development and Land Reform General Amendment Act, 2011 (Act No. 4 of 2011), Notice No. 427, GG 34300, dated 16 May 2011]