"employer"
means—
| (a) | for purposes of the collection and payment to the Fund of the contributions referred to in section 17(1) and other amounts owing by members to the Fund, the payment to the Fund of the contributions referred to in section 17(2), the administration of membership matters and the payment of benefits to members and their beneficiaries— |
| (i) | a department or administration referred to in Schedule 1 or 2 of the Public Service Act, 1994 (Proclamation No. 103 of 1994), or a government component referred to in Schedule 3 of that Act, or any other body or institution which employs persons referred to in section 8 of that Act; |
| (ii) | the Public Service Commission established by section 196 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996; |
| (iii) | a Provincial Service Commission established by a provincial legislature in terms of section 213 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa,1993, (Act No. 200 of 1993), except where the legislation establishing such a commission specifically excludes its members from membership of the Fund; |
| (iv) | the Auditor-General referred to in sections 181 and 188 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996; |
| (v) | the Office of the Auditor-General contemplated in the Public Audit Act, 2004 (Act No. 25 of 2004); or |
| (vi) | any other institution or body, determined by the Board as an employer for the purposes of this Law; and |
| (b) | for all other purposes of this Law in relation to members in the service of the departments, administrations, government components, bodies and institutions referred to in paragraph (a), the Government; |
[Definition substituted by section 1(a) of the Government Employees Pension Law Amendment Act, 2011 (Act No. 19 of 2011)]