"Director-General"

means the Director-General of the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform or an officer—

(a) of that Department who; or
(b) in the service of a provincial government, who with the consent of the Premier of that province, has been designated by the said Director-General either generally or in respect of a particular case, or in cases of a particular nature;

[Definition substituted by section 27(a) of Act No. 4 of 2011]