South African Schools Act No. 84 of 1996Regulations relating to Safety Measures at Independent Schools1. Definitions |
In these Regulations, any word or expression to which a meaning has been assigned in the Act, has that meaning and, unless the context indicates otherwise—
means—
| (a) | any explosive material or device; |
| (b) | any firearm or gas weapon; |
| (c) | any article, object or instrument that may be employed to cause bodily harm to a person or damage to property, or to render a person temporarily paralysed or unconscious: or |
| (d) | any object that the Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, declare to be a dangerous object for the purposes of these regulations, |
unless such objects are used for educational purposes;
means the Head of the Education Department in a province;
means any unlawful intoxicating or stupefying substance;
includes a building, structure, hall, room, office, convenience, piece of land or enclosure that is under the control of an independent school and to which a member of the public has a right of access or is usually admitted, or to which he or she may be admitted;
means a person in whose name an independent school is registered in terms of section 46 of the South African Schools Act, 1996 (Act No. 84 of 1996).