South African Schools Act No. 84 of 1996

Regulations relating to Safety Measures at Independent Schools

1. Definitions

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

"dangerous object"

means—

(a)	any explosive material or device;

(b)	any firearm or gas weapon;

(c)	any article, object or instrument that may be employed to cause bodily harm to a person or damage to property, or to render a person temporarily paralysed or unconscious: or

(d)	any object that the Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, declare to be a dangerous object for the purposes of these regulations,

unless such objects are used for educational purposes;

"HOD"

means the Head of the Education Department in a province;

"illegal drug"

means any unlawful intoxicating or stupefying substance;

"independent school premises"

includes a building, structure, hall, room, office, convenience, piece of land or enclosure that is under the control of an independent school and to which a member of the public has a right of access or is usually admitted, or to which he or she may be admitted;

"owner"

means a person in whose name an independent school is registered in terms of section 46 of the South African Schools Act, 1996 (Act No. 84 of 1996).