In this Act, unless the context indicates otherwise-

"Commission"

means the Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities referred to in section 3;

"community council"

means a voluntary association of persons or community organisations based on the principle of freedom of association and which represents a cultural, religious or linguistic community and includes a cultural council envisaged by section 185(1)(c) of the Constitution;

"constitutional institution"

means an institution listed in Schedule 1 to the Public Finance Management Act, 1999 (Act No. 1 of 1999);

"Minister"

means the member of Cabinet contemplated in section 2;

"national consultative conference"

means a national consultative conference convened under section 24;

"organ of state"

means an organ of state as defined in section 239 of the Constitution;

"prescribe"

means prescribe by a regulation made in terms of section 39;

"this Act"

includes any regulation made in terms of section 39.