In these Directions, any word or expression to which a meaning has been assigned in the Disaster Management Act and the Regulations bears the meaning so assigned and, unless the context indicates otherwise—

"Alert Level 4"

means Alert Level 4 as determined in terms of regulation 3(2) of the Regulations, commencing on 1 May 2020;

"courier or delivery service"

means a company, an employee of that company or a person who delivers goods from one place or person to another place or person, and may include the delivery divisions of retailers and delivery services set up by spaza shops and informal traders;

"Disaster Management Act"

means the Disaster Management Act, 2002 (Act No. 57 of 2002);

"e-Commerce"

means the buying and selling of goods using telephones and digital platforms, including the internet and mobile phone based applications, and for this purpose includes goods to be delivered by a courier or delivery service;

"Minister"

means the Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition;

"national state of disaster"

means the national state of disaster relating to the COVID-19 outbreak declared in Government Notice No. R 313 of Government Gazette No. 43096 of 15 March 2020;

"Regulations"

means the Regulations issued in terms of section 27(2) of the Disaster Management Act and published on 29 April 2020 in Government Notice No. R.480 of Government Gazette No. 43258; and

"warehouse or depot"

means the premises where goods are stored prior to their distribution for sale, and may include stockrooms in retail stores where goods from such storerooms are sold on e-Commerce platforms.