Social Assistance Act, 2004 (Act No. 13 of 2004)

Regulations

Regulations relating to COVID-19 Social Relief of Distress issued in terms of Section 32, read with Section 13, of the Social Assistance Act, 2004 (Act No. 13 of 2004), as amended and with the concurrence of the Minister of Finance

1. Definitions

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In these Regulations any word or expression to which a meaning has been assigned in the Act or the 2008 Regulations, bears the same meaning, unless the context indicate otherwise or defined in these Regulations, and—

 

“asylum seeker”

means a person referred to in section 1 of the Refugees Act, 1998 (Act No. 130 of 1998);

 

“electronic platform”

means an electronic platform as designed and determined by the Agency and the Department for the application for the Covid-19 Social Relief of Distress and any appeal related thereto;

 

“insufficient means”

means that a person is not in receipt of income or financial support;

 

“Covid-19 Social Relief of Distress”

means the social relief of distress contemplated in regulation 2;

 

“the Act”

means the Social Assistance Act, 2004 (Act No. 13 of 2004), as amended;

 

“the 2008 Regulations”

means the Regulations relating to the application for and payment of social assistance and the requirements or conditions in respect of eligibility for social assistance, published by Government Notice No. R. 898 of 2008, as amended.