"information officer"

of, or in relation to, a public body—

(a)	in the case of a national department, provincial administration or organisational component—

(i)

mentioned in Column 1 of Schedule 1 or 3 to the Public Service Act, 1994 (Proclamation No. 103 of 1994), means the officer who is the incumbent of the post bearing the designation mentioned in Column 2 of the said Schedule 1 or 3 opposite the name of the relevant national department, provincial administration or organisational component or the person who is acting as such; or

(ii)	not so mentioned, means the Director-General, head, executive director or equivalent officer, respectively, of that national department, provincial administration or organisational component, respectively, or the person who is acting as such;

[Paragraph (a)(ii) substituted by section 21 of Act No. 42 of 2001]

(b)	in the case of a municipality, means the municipal manager appointed in terms of section 82 of the Local Government: Municipal Structures Act, 1998 (Act No.117 of 1998), or the person who is acting as such; or

(c)	in the case of any other public body, means the chief executive officer, or equivalent officer, of that public body or the person who is acting as such;