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

"chairperson"

means the chairperson of the Council;

“Eastern Cape Provincial Council”

means the Provincial Council whose area of jurisdiction corresponds with the area under the jurisdiction of the Eastern Cape Division of the High Court of South Africa;

“Free State Provincial Council”

means the Provincial Council whose area of jurisdiction corresponds with the area under the jurisdiction of the Free State Division of the High Court of South Africa;

“Gauteng Provincial Council”

means the Provincial Council whose area of jurisdiction corresponds with the area under the jurisdiction of the Gauteng Division of the High Court of South Africa;

“KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Council”

means the Provincial Council whose area of jurisdiction corresponds with the area under the jurisdiction of the KwaZulu-Natal Division of the High Court of South Africa;

“Limpopo Provincial Council”

means the Provincial Council whose area of jurisdiction corresponds with the area under the jurisdiction of the Limpopo Division of the High Court of South Africa;

“Mpumalanga Provincial Council”

means the Provincial Council whose area of jurisdiction corresponds with the area under the jurisdiction of the Mpumalanga Division of the High Court of South Africa;

“National Forum”

means the National Forum on the Legal Profession established in terms of section 96(1) of the Act;

“Northern Cape Provincial Council”

means the Provincial Council whose area of jurisdiction corresponds with the area under the jurisdiction of the Northern Cape Division of the High Court of South Africa;

“North West Provincial Council”

means the Provincial Council whose area of jurisdiction corresponds with the area under the jurisdiction of the North West Division of the High Court of South Africa;

“notional hours”

for purposes of regulations 6 and 7 of these regulations means the notional duration allocated to a learning activity to be undertaken by a candidate legal practitioner in order to achieve a specified learning outcome, irrespective of the actual time taken by that person to achieve that outcome;

“the Act”

means the Legal Practice Act, 2014 (Act No. 28 of 2014); and

“Western Cape Provincial Council”

means the Provincial Council whose area of jurisdiction corresponds with the area under the jurisdiction of the Western Cape Division of the High Court of South Africa.