means a person that—
| (a) | has the legal authority to provide higher education in its country of origin; |
| (b) | is registered or established as a juristic person in terms of a law of a foreign country; and |
| (c) | is entitled to be registered as an external company in terms of section 23 of the Companies Act, 2008 (Act No. 71 of 2008); |
[Definition substituted by section 1(e) of Notice 21, GG 40548, dated 17 January 2017]