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Defence Act, 2002 (Act No. 42 of 2002)

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Individual Grievances Regulations, 2016

1. Definitions

 

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

 

"Formation"

means the intermediate level of command between a Service or Divisional Chief and his or her Unit or Ships, which may include Formations, Air Command, Fleet Command or any similar structure;

 

"Formation Officer Commanding"

means the person in command of a Formation who has been designated under regulation 4;

 

"grievance"

includes, but is not limited to, a written expression of dissatisfaction by a member or employee regarding an official act or omission relating to his or her promotion, placement, course nomination, assessment or service benefits, but excluding dissatisfaction relating to—

(a) matters pending before, or a decision of, a military court or disciplinary hearing, a civilian court or an institution with quasi judicial powers;
(b) professional conduct of registered medical practitioners as rendered by the South African Military Health Service to members, employees or their dependants;
(c) matters falling under the jurisdiction of the state institutions contemplated in Chapter 9 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996; and
(d) matters that have been dealt with as grievances in terms of these Regulations;

 

"Grievance Board"

means the Grievance Board established in terms of regulation 16(1);

 

"Grievance Committee"

means a Grievance Committee established in terms of regulation 14(1);

 

"secretariat"

means the secretariat of the Grievance Board constituted in terms of regulation 16(1);

 

"the Act"

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

 

"Unit Officer Commanding"

means an officer who has been appointed to command any unit or ship in the Defence Force and includes a Director in a Service or Division.