In this Act, unless the context otherwise indicates-

"Agency"

means the Small Enterprise Development Agency established by section 9;

"Board"

means the Board of Directors of the Agency contemplated in section 11;

"Chief Executive Officer"

means the Chief Executive Officer of the Agency appointed in terms of section 13H;

"constitution of the Council"

[deleted by the National Small Business Amendment Act, 2003 (No. 26 of 2003)]

"Council"

[deleted by the National Small Business Amendment Act, 2003 (No. 26 of 2003)]

"Director-General"

means the Director-General of the Department of Trade and Industry, or an officer of that Department designated by that Director-General;

"Minister"

means the Minister of Trade and Industry;

"National Co-ordinator"

[deleted by the National Small Business Amendment Act, 2003 (No. 26 of 2003)]

"National Small Business Support Strategy"

means the national policy in respect of small enterprise support as published by the Minister in the Gazette, and includes the policy as stated in the White Paper on National Strategy for the Development and Promotion of Small Business in South Africa (Notice No. 213 of 1995, published in Gazette No. 16317 of 28 March 1995);

"Ntsika"

means the Ntsika Enterprise Promotion Agency established by the National Small Business Act, 1996 (Act No. 102 of 1996), and incorporated in terms of section 17 of this Act.

"prescribed"

means prescribed by regulation;

"provincial council"

[deleted by the National Small Business Amendment Act, 2003 (No. 26 of 2003)]

"regulation"

means any regulation made under this Act;

"service provider"

means any public or private entity providing support services to small enterprise;

"small enterprise"

means a separate and distinct business entity, together with its branches or subsidiaries, if any, including cooperative enterprises, managed by one owner or more predominantly carried on in any sector or sub-sector of the economy mentioned in column 1 of the Schedule and classified as a micro-, a very small, a small or a medium enterprise by satisfying the criteria mentioned in columns 3, 4 and 5 of the Schedule;

"small enterprise organisation"

means any entity, whether or not incorporated or registered under any law, consisting mainly of persons carrying on small enterprise concerns in any economic sector, and established for the purpose of promoting the interests of or representing small enterprise concerns, and includes any federation consisting wholly or partly of such association, and any branch of such organisation;

"this Act"

includes the regulations.

"Trust"

means the National Manufacturing Advisory Centre Trust, incorporated into the Agency in terms of section 17 of this Act.