"Authority"

means the South African Maritime Safety Authority established by section 2(1) of the South African Maritime Safety Authority Act, 1998 (Act No. 5 of 1998);

"container"

means a container as defined in the Convention and to which the Convention applies;

"Contracting State"

means a state specified in a notice under section 4;

"inspector"

means a person appointed as an inspector under section 6;

"Minister"

means the Minister of Transport;

"organ of state"

has the same meaning assigned to it in section 239 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996;

"the Convention"

means the International Convention for Safe Containers set out in the Schedule;

"the Republic"

includes the Prince Edward Islands referred to in section 3;

"this Act"

includes the regulations.