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| a) | any constitutional court judge or any other judge as defined in section 1 of the Judges’ Remuneration and Conditions of Employment Act, 2001 (Act No. 47 of 2001); |
| b) | a judge of the Labour Court appointed under section 153(1)(a) or (b). (4) or ( 5 ) of the Labour Relations Act, 1995 (Act No. 66 of 1995); |
| c) | the President or judge of the Land Claims Court appointed under section 22(3), (4) or (8) of the Restitution of Land Rights Act, 1994 (Act No. 22 of 1994); |
| d) | any judge of the Competition Appeal Court appointed under section 36(2) of the Competition Act, 1998 (Act No. 89 of 1998); |
| e) | a judge or additional member appointed under section 7 of the Special Investigating Units and Special Tribunals Act, 1996 (Act No. 73 of 1996), to a Special Tribunal established in terms of section 2 of that Act; |
| f) | the presiding officer or member of the court of marine enquiry, the maritime court and the court of survey referred to in sections 267(1), 271(1) and 276(1) of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1951 (Act No. 57 of 1951), respectively; |
| g) | any presiding officer appointed under section 10(3)(b) of the Administration Amendment Act, 1929 (Act No. 9 of 1929), to a divorce court established in terms of section 10(1) of that Act; |
| h) | any regional magistrate or magistrate defined in section 1 of the Magistrates Act, 1993 (Act No. 90 of 1993); |
| i) | any commissioner appointed under section 9 of the Small Claims Courts Act, 1984 (Act No. 61 of 1984); |
| j) | any arbitrator, mediator or umpire, who in terms of any law presides at arbitration or mediation proceedings for the settlement by arbitration or mediation of a dispute which has been referred to arbitration or mediation; |
| k) | any adjudicator appointed under section 6 of the Short Process Courts and Mediation in Certain Civil Cases Act, 1991 (Act No. 103 of 1991); |
| l) | where applicable, any assessor who assists a judicial officer; |
| m) | any other presiding officer appointed to any court or tribunal established under any statute and who has the authority to decide causes or issues between parties and render decisions in a judicial capacity; |
| n) | any other person who presides at any trial, hearing, commission, committee or any other proceedings and who has the authority to decide causes or issues between parties and render decisions in a judicial capacity; or |
| o) | any person contemplated in paragraphs (a) to (n) who has been appointed in an acting or temporary capacity; |