AmendmentAct

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5/2/2012
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Amendment of section 2
3. Section 2 of the principal Act is amended by-
(a)
inserting the following new defInitions in their proper alphabetical order-
"benefIt or benefIts" means a benefIt or benefIts available or payable to a claiman~
from the SMVA Fund under and in accordance with this Act;
"Board" means the Board of Directors of the Sincephetelo Motor Vehicle
Accidents Fund established under section 8;
"claimant" means any person who has suffered loss as a result of personal injury
or death caused by a motor vehicle accident, and who makes a claim in
accordance with this Act, to the SMVA Fund in respect of that loss;
"Common Monetary Area" means the regional currency area as defIned in terms
of the Multilateral Monetary Agreement concluded in February 1992 between
Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa and Swaziland;
"defect", in relation to a vehicle, means any remediable fault in the tyre or in the
steering, braking or seat belt mechanism or any part thereof, and "defective" shall
have a corresponding meaning;
"fmancial year" means the period of twelve months ending on the thirty fIrst of
March in any year or such other period as may be prescribed;
"health practitioner'; means a medical practitioner and an allied or health
professional and any other person concerned with the restoration
of the physical
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