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Second 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa Special Measures Act, 2006

1. Definitions

 

In this Act, unless the context indicates otherwise—

 

"2010 FlFA World Cup South Africa"

means the FIFA World Cup football tournament to be staged in and hosted by the Republic in 2010 in terms of the Organising Association Agreement, and includes the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup to be staged in the Republic in 2009;

 

"accredited foreign medical contingent"

means a foreign medical contingent whose members have been accredited in terms of section 3(1);

 

"FIFA"

means the Fédération Internationale de Football Association;

 

"final competition"

means the final tournament of the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa which shall be contested in the year 2010 in the Republic by 32 teams and which shall be deemed to last for the period stipulated by the Minister by notice in the Gazette;

 

"Minister"

means the Minister responsible for sport and recreation at national level in the Republic;

 

"Organising Association Agreement"

means the Organising Association Agreement, including its annexes, entered into between FIFA and SAFA;

 

"permitted medical device"

means any medical device approved by the Minister of Health in terms of section 3(3)(a);

 

"permitted medicine and Scheduled substance"

means any medicine and Scheduled substance approved by the Minister of Health in terms of section 3(3)(a);

 

"prescribed"

means prescribed by regulation;

 

"regulation"

means any regulation made in terms of section 6;

 

"SAFA"

means the South African Football Association or its successors-in-title;

 

"team"

means the 23 football players and the 27 persons accompanying such football players representing a national association affiliated with FIFA, which national association has qualified to participate in the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa.