| (a) | means a metropolitan, district or local municipality established in terms of the Local Government: Municipal Structures Act, 1998 (Act No. 117 of 1998); or |
| (b) | in relation to the implementation of a provision of this Act in an area which falls within both a local municipality and a district municipality, means— |
| (i) | the district municipality: or |
| (ii) | the local municipality, if the district municipality, by agreement with the local municipality, has assigned the implementation of that provision in that area to the local municipality; |