South African Schools Act, 1996 (Act No. 84 of 1996)

In these Regulations a word or expression to which a meaning has been assigned in the South African Schools Act, 1996 (Act No. 84 of 1996), bears the meaning so assigned and, unless the context otherwise indicates—

"administration areas"

means areas in a school, listed in the first column of Annexure C, that are used by the school management and staff for administration and management purposes and for the day to day running of a school;

“Agrément South Africa”

means the body that operates under the delegation of authority of the National Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure;

“education support areas"

means areas in a school, listed in Annexure B, that are required to create a healthy, safe and conducive school environment and to support the teaching and learning functions at a school;

"minimum education areas"

means the minimum teaching and learning areas in a school, listed in Annexure A, that are essential to carry out the teaching and learning functions at a school;

“MTEF”

means the medium-term expenditure framework containing the three-year spending plans of national and provincial governments, published at the time of the budget;

“National Building Regulations”

means the regulations made in terms of section 17 of the National Building Regulations and Building Standards Act,1977 (Act No. 103 of 1977);

“new school”

means a school built after the date of publication of these Regulations;

“SANS 10400”

means the South African National Standard with that number, issued by the South African Bureau of Standards in terms of the National Building Regulations;

"school"

means a public school;

“the Act”

means the South African Schools Act, 1996 (Act No. 84 of 1996); and

“Universal Design”

means the design of products, environments, programmes and services usable by all people, to address the diversity of learners and teachers with functional limitations.