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

"applicant"

means a person that applies for a licence to provide a mental health service or operate a mental health day care or residential care facility to five or more people with mental illness and or severe or profound intellectual disability;

"community care"

means programmes and facilities for community care, treatment and rehabilitation for people with mental illness and or severe or profound intellectual disability;

"facility"

means a building or structure which is ordinarily used in the course of providing mental health care, treatment and rehabilitation services and includes a mental health day care and residential care facility;

"halfway house"

means a residential care facility for mental health care users who had either been cared for in their communities, or had been formerly treated in a psychiatric hospital or in a care and rehabilitation centre;

"health establishment"

means health establishment as defined in section 1 of the National Health Act, 2006 (Act No. 61 of 2006);

"HOD"

means the head of the relevant provincial department of health;

"licence"

means a licence granted in terms of regulation 8;

"licensing administrator"

means an official who performs all related tasks for processing applications for licence including processing new applications, evaluating credential documentation against requirements and follow up with applicants;

"day care facility"

means a facility that provides day care, treatment and rehabilitation services to five or more people with mental illness and or severe or profound intellectual disability;

"residential care facility"

means a facility which provides residential care, treatment, and rehabilitation services to five or more people with mental illness and or severe or profound intellectual disability; and

"the Act"

means the Mental Health Care Act, 2002 (Act No. 17 of 2002).