"auxiliary service"

means any service established under section 16(1);

"Chief of the Defence Force"

means the Chief of the South African National Defence Force contemplated in section 13(1);

"citizen"

means a South African citizen as contemplated in the South African Citizenship Act, 1995 (Act 88 of 1995);

"Code"

means the Military Discipline Code referred to in section 104(1) of the Defence Act, 1957 (Act 44 of 1957);

"conditions of service"

includes conditions relating to—

"conscientious objection"

means an objection, against the rendering of military service or against participating in a military operation, on grounds of conscience based on compelling religious, ethical or moral beliefs;

"continuous service"

means a training camp, course or training exercise and any period of service which commences on one day, continues over midnight and ends on an ensuing day, and which shall be reckoned as service for the number of days on which it was rendered without a break and is therefore uninterrupted;

"court"

in relation to a visiting force, means a body which or person who, by virtue of the laws of the country to which such visiting force belongs, is empowered to investigate any matter under the military law of that country or to try any person for an offence under such military law or to review the proceedings in connection with the investigation of any such matter or the trial of any person in respect of any such offence;

"Defence Force"

means the South African National Defence Force contemplated in section 11, and includes any portion of that Force;

"Defence Secretariat"

means the secretariat established by section 6(1);

"Department"

means the Department of Defence;

"Division"

means any division of the Defence Secretariat or the Defence Force, established by the Minister by or under the Public Service Act, 1994 (Proclamation 103 of 1994);

"employee"

means a person appointed to the Department in terms of the Public Service Act, 1994 (Proclamation 103 of 1994), or any person regarded as having been appointed to the Defence Secretariat in terms of section 6(4);

"enrol"

means to accept and record the attestation of any person as a member of the Regular Force or the Reserve Force;

"force"

means a military force;

"member"

"Minister"

means the Minister of Defence;

"MSDS"

means the Military Skills Development System which is a service system wherein members serve voluntarily for a two-year period to augment the Defence Force’s deployment capability;

"non-continuous service"

means any period of service which is not defined as continuous.

non-continuous service of –

must be properly recorded for audit purposes;

"officer"

in relation to the Defence Force, means a person on whom permanent or temporary commission has been conferred by or under this Act, and who has been appointed to the rank of officer;

"other force"

means a military force of a country or state other than the Republic;

"other rank"

in relation to the Defence Force, means any member thereof other than an officer;

"PMC"

means a Personnel Management Code which is a career management and remuneration guide for SANDF members as authorized in terms of section 82(1)(a) of the Act.

"prescribed"

means prescribed by regulation;

"registered address"

in relation to a person, means the address of that person as notified from time to time to the proper authority in terms of this Act;

"Regular Force"

means the Regular Force contemplated in section 11(a);

"regulation"

means a regulation made under section 82;

"Reserve Force"

means the Reserve Force contemplated in section 11(b);

"secondary strike"

means a strike, or conduct in contemplation or furtherance of a strike, by members of the Defence Force or any auxiliary service in support of a strike or in solidarity with a strike undertaken by persons other than such members against any employer;

"Secretary for Defence"

means the Secretary for Defence appointed in terms of section 7(1);

"Service"

means any Service referred to in section 12(1);

"state of emergency"

means a state of emergency contemplated in section 37 of the Constitution;

"strike"

means the partial or complete concerted refusal to render service, or the retardation or obstruction of the rendering of service, or failure to serve, by members of the Defence Force or any auxiliary service for purposes of protest, petition or remedying a grievance or resolving a dispute in respect of any matter of mutual interest between the employer and such members, and every reference to 'serve' in this definition includes overtime, service or duty, whether it is voluntary or compulsory;

"superior officer"

in relation to another member of the Defence Force, means any officer, warrant officer, non-commissioned officer or candidate officer of the Defence Force who holds-

"the Commission"

means the Defence Force Service Commission established by section 62A;

"the Act"

means the Defence Act 2002, (Act No. 42 of 2002);

"this Act"

includes the regulations;

"time of war"

means any time during which the Republic is under threat of war, armed conflict, armed invasion or armed insurrection or is at war, and in respect of which the Defence Force has been employed for service in the defence of the Republic;

"training"

includes education and development in the defence environment;

"visiting force"

means a military force of any country present in the Republic with the consent of the President and, in sections 97, 98, 99 and 100, also such force on a routine visit to the Republic where prior agreement regarding the matters referred to in those sections has been concluded between the Government of the Republic and the government of the country in question.