National Council on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide Act, 2024 (Act No. 9 of 2024)

‘‘Board’’

means the Board of the Council appointed in terms of section 6;

‘‘Chairperson’’

means the Chairperson of the Board, elected in terms of section 6(6);

‘‘Chief Executive Officer’’

means the Chief Executive Officer appointed in terms of section 15;

‘‘civil society’’

includes non-governmental organisations, labour and structures or institutions that represent the interests of citizens in the field of gender-based violence and femicide;

‘‘committee’’

means a committee of the Board, established in terms of section 14;

‘‘Constitution’’

means the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996;

‘‘Council’’

means the National Council on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide, established by section 3;

‘‘femicide’’

means the killing of a female person or a person on the basis of gender identity as a female, whether committed by a person within a domestic relationship, interpersonal relationship or by any other person;

‘‘gender-based violence’’

means violence associated with gender, which includes physical, sexual, verbal, emotional, economic, domestic, educational or psychological abuse or threats of such acts of abuse in public or private life;

‘‘inter-sectoral’’

includes co-ordinated action between ministries, departments or different levels of government that is necessary to address or combat gender-based violence and femicide;

‘‘member’’

means a member of the Board appointed in terms of section 6;

‘‘Minister’’

means the Cabinet member responsible for women, youth and persons with disabilities;

‘‘multi-sectoral’’

means the collaboration between the relevant stakeholders to jointly prevent and respond to gender-based violence and femicide;

‘‘national strategy on gender-based violence and femicide’’

means relevant national policies and action plans developed and implemented by the Executive Authority to address issues relating to gender-based violence and femicide, and as far as it aligns with these national policies and action plans include the National Strategic Plan on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide developed in terms of Article 3 of the Presidential Summit Declaration against Gender-Based Violence and Femicide of 2018;

‘‘Parliament’’

means the National Assembly and the National Council of Provinces referred to in section 42(1) of the Constitution;

‘‘prescribe’’

means prescribe by regulation under this Act;

‘‘Public Finance Management Act’’

means the Public Finance Management Act, 1999 (Act No. 1 of 1999);

‘‘relevant stakeholders’’

include the private sector, all organs of state and civil society responsible for the implementation of the national strategy on gender-based violence and femicide;

‘‘Secretariat’’

means the Secretariat Unit of the Council established in terms of section 17; and

‘‘this Act’’

includes the regulations made under this Act.