South African National Space Agency Act, 2008 (Act No. 36 of 2008) 1. Definitions

 

In this Act, unless the context indicates otherwise—

 

"Agency"

means the South African National Space Agency established by section 2;

 

"Board"

means the Board of the Agency contemplated in section 6;

 

"Chief Executive Officer"

means the person appointed as such in terms of section 14;

 

"Department"

means the Department of Science and Technology;

 

"GEPF"

means the Government Employees Pension Fund;

 

"GEPL"

means the Government Employees Pension Law, 1996 (Proclamation No. 21 of 1996);

 

"Minister"

means the Minister responsible for science and technology;

 

"national space science and technology strategy"

means any strategy determined in terms of section 3;

 

"satellite imagery"

means photographs of the earth or other planets in visible colours and other spectra by means of artificial satellites;

 

"space"

means the area beyond the earth's measurable atmosphere;

 

"Space Affairs Act"

means the Space Affairs Act, 1993 (Act No. 84 of 1993);

 

"space mission applications"

means the usage and dissemination of data retrieved from spacecraft sensors;

 

"space mission operations"

means the day-to-day management of spacecraft;

 

"space science"

means any of several scientific disciplines that study phenomena occurring in the upper atmosphere, in space or on celestial bodies other than Earth;

 

"this Act"

includes any regulation made in terms of section 19.