Use of Official Languages Act, 2012 (Act No. 12 of 2012)

In this Act, unless the context indicates otherwise—

"Constitution"

means the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996;

"Department"

means the national Department of Arts and Culture;

"language unit"

means a language unit established in terms of section 7;

"Minister"

means the Minister responsible for language matters;

"national department"

means a department listed in Schedule 1 to the Public Service Act, 1994 (Proclamation No. 103 of 1994), but excluding the Offices of Premier;

"national government"

means national departments, national public entities and national public enterprises;

''National Language Unit"

means the National Language Unit established in terms of section 5;

"national public enterprise"

means a national government business enterprise defined in section 1 and listed in Schedule 3 Part B to the Public Finance Management Act, 1999 (Act No. 1 of 1999);

"national public entity"

means a national public entity defined in section 1 and listed in Schedules 2 and 3 to the Public Finance Management Act, 1999 (Act No. 1 of 1999);

"official language"

means an official language contemplated in section 6(1) of the Constitution;

"Pan South African Language Board"

means the Board established in terms of section 2 of the Pan South African Language Board Act, 1995 (Act No. 59 of 1995);

"prescribe"

means prescribe by regulations; and

"this Act"

includes any regulations made in terms of this Act.