Military Veterans Act, 2011 (Act No. 18 of 2011)1. Definitions |
In this Act, unless the context indicates otherwise—
"Advisory Council"
means the Advisory Council on Military Veterans established by section 9;
"Appeal Board"
means the Military Veterans Appeals Board established by section 19;
"association"
means the national military veterans' association referred to in section (7);
"benefit"
means any benefit contemplated in section 5;
"Department"
means the department of state responsible for military veterans;
"dependant"
in relation to a military veteran, means any person who is legally or factually dependent on that military veteran for support and maintenance;
"Director-General"
means the Director-General of the Department;
"military veteran"
means any South African citizen who—
| (a) | rendered military service to any of the military organisations, statutory and non-statutory, which were involved on all sides of South Africa's Liberation War from 1960 to 1994; |
| (b) | served in the Union Defence Force before 1961; or |
| (c) | became a member of the new South African National Defence Force after 1994, |
and has completed his or her military training and no longer performs military service, and has not been dishonourably discharged from that military organisation or force: Provided that this definition does not exclude any person referred to in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) who could not complete his or her military training due to an injury sustained during military training or a disease contracted or associated with military training;
"Minister"
means the Minister responsible for military veterans;
"prescribed"
means prescribed by regulation;
"this Act"
includes any regulations made under this Act.