"Minister"

means—

(a)except in paragraph (f) of the definition of "local authority" and sections 2, 15 and 17, the competent authority within the government of a province to whom the administration of this Act in that province has been assigned under section 235(8) of the said Constitution; and
(b)in paragraph (f) of the definition of "local authority" and sections 2, 15 and 17, the national Minister responsible for provincial and local government;

[Definition substituted by section 1 of Act No. 14 of 2000]