"authorised officer"
means any official of—
| (a) | an investigating authority authorised by the head of that investigating authority to act under this Act; |
| (b) | the National Prosecuting Authority authorised by the National Director of Public Prosecutions to act under this Act; |
| (c) | an intelligence service authorised by the Director-General of that service to act under this Act; or |
| (d) | the South African Revenue Service authorised by the Commissioner for that Service to act under this Act; |
| (e) | the Independent Police Investigative Directorate authorised by the Executive Director of that Directorate to act under this Act; |
| (f) | the Intelligence Division of the National Defence Force authorised by the Inspector-General of the National Defence Force to act under this Act; |
| (g) | a Special Investigating Unit authorised by the head of the Special Investigating Unit to act under this Act; |
| (h) | the office of the Public Protector authorised by the Public Protector to act under this Act; |
| (i) | an investigative division in a national department authorised by the head of that national department to act under this Act; or |
| (j) | an investigative division of the Auditor-General authorised by the Auditor-General to act under this Act; |
[Definition substituted by section 18(a, b and c) of the General Laws (Anti-Money Laundering & Combating Terrorism Financing) Amendment Act, 2022 (Act No. 22 of 2022) Notice No. 1532, GG47802, dated 29 December 2022 - effective 31 December 2022 per Proclamation Notice 109 (a), GG47805, dated 31 December 2022]