State Information Technology Agency Act, 1998 (Act No. 88 of 1998) > Chapter 1 : State Information Technology Agency (Pty) Limited

In this Act, unless the context otherwise indicates—

"Agency"

means the State Information Technology Agency (Pty) Ltd contemplated in section 2(1);

"authentication products or services"

means products or services designed to identify the holder of an electronic signature to other person

[Definition inserted by section 1(a) of Act No. 38 of 2002]

"Board"

means the board of Directors of the Agency contemplated in section 8;

"Companies Act"

means the Companies Act, 1973 (Act No. 61 of 1973);

"department"

means a national department, provincial administration, provincial department or organisational component listed in Schedules 1, 2 and 3 to the Public Service Act, 1994 (Proclamation No. 103 of 1994), and for the purpose of this Act, the entity known as Infoplan will be regarded as a department;

[Definition substituted by section 1(b) of Act No. 38 of 2002]

"electronic signature"

means an electronic representation of information in any form which is—

(a)	attached to, incorporated in or logically associated with other electronic representations of information in any form; and

(b)	intended by the user to serve as a signature;

[Definition inserted by section 1(c) of Act No. 38 of 2002]

"executing authority"

means executing authority as defined in section 1 of the Public Service Act, 1994;

[Definition inserted by section 1(c) of Act No. 38 of 2002]

"incorporation date"

means the date on which the Agency is incorporated as a company in accordance with section 3;

"information systems"

means applications and systems to support the business whilst utilising information technology as an enabler or tool;

"information systems security"

means to preserve the availability, integrity and confidentiality of information systems and information according to affordable security practices;

"information technology"

means all aspects of technology which are used to manage and support the efficient gathering, processing, storing and dissemination of information as a strategic resource;

"Managing Director"

means the Managing director of the Agency contemplated in section 13;

"Minister"

means the Minister for the Public Service and Administration or any Minister appointed by the President and assigned the power in terms of section 91(2) and 92(1) of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 (Act No. 108 of 1996), to be the shareholder on behalf of the State;

[Definition substituted by section 1(d) of Act No. 38 of 2002]

"public body"

means—

(a)	Parliament or a provincial legislature;

(b)	a constitutional institution or public entity as defined in section 1 of the Public Finance Management Act, 1999 (Act No. 1 of 1999); or

(c)	a municipality contemplated in section 155(1) of the Constitution;

[Definition inserted by section 1(e) of Act No. 38 of 2002]

"participating department"

[Definition deleted by section 1(f) of Act No. 38 of 2002]

"President"