In these regulations, any word or expression to which a meaning has been assigned in the Act will bear such meaning, unless the context indicates otherwise:

"the Act"

means the Electronic Communications Act 2005, (Act No.36 of 2005);

"Constitution"

means the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996;

"Current affairs programme"

means a program which focuses on and includes comment on and interpretation and analysis of issues of immediate social, political or economic relevance and matters of international, national, regional and local significance;

"Election broadcast period"

means the period within which party election broadcasts may be transmitted; such period commencing 120 hours after the allotment of time-slots by the Authority and ending 48 hours before polling commences;

"Electoral Act"

means the Electoral Act, 1998 (Act No. 73 of 1998);

"Electoral Code"

means the Electoral Code of Conduct as set out in Schedule 2 of the Electoral Act;

"Electoral Commission Act"

means the Electoral Commission Act, 1996 (Act No 51 of 1996);

"ICASA Act"

means the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa Act, 2000 (Act No. 13 of 2000);

"News"

means programming which reports on news events of immediate social, political or economic relevance and on matters of international, national and local significance;

"PA"

means political advertisement;

"Party"

means a political party registered in terms of section 15 of the Electoral Commission Act, or any alliance of such registered political parties, that has nominated candidates;

"PEB"

means a party election broadcast;

"SABC"

means the South African Broadcasting Corporation, a statutory body established in terms of the Broadcasting Act, 1999 (Act No 4 of 1999)