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

Chapter 6 : Public Entities

(1)	The Minister may by notice in the national Government Gazette classify public entities listed in Schedule 3 in accordance with the relevant definitions set out in section 1, as—

(a)	national government business enterprises;

(b)	provincial government business enterprises;

(c)	national public entities; and

(d)	provincial public entities.

(2)	A public entity is for the purposes of this Act regarded as belonging to the class in which it is classified in terms of subsection (1).