means--
| a) | for the purposes of section 65(2)(d), the National Director of Public Prosecutions appointed in terms of section 179(1)(a) of the Constitution; |
| b) | for the purposes of sections 2(4), 71 or 72 the National Director of Public Prosecutions appointed as contemplated in paragraph (a) and includes a Director of Public Prosecutions, an Investigating Director of Public Prosecutions and a Special Director of Public Prosecutions referred to in section I of the National Prosecution Authority Act, 1998 (Act No. 32 of 1998), who is authorised thereto in writing by the National Director in a specific case or in general; |
| c) | for the purposes of all other relevant provisions of this Act, the National Director of Public Prosecutions appointed as contemplated in paragraph (a) and includes any functionary referred to in section 1 of the National Prosecuting Authority Act, 1998, which is under the control of the National Director and authorised thereto by the National Director in a specific case or in general. |