Regulation 2

“authorised officer”, in relation to any provision in these Regulations, means a public officer who is authorised by the Minister for the purposes of that provision;

“chairperson” means the chairperson of the Presidential Council for Religious Harmony appointed by the President under section 3(3) of the Act;

“Council member” means a member of the Council;

“parties”, in relation to any representation proceedings about a restraining order, means the representor and the Minister, and “party” in Part 3 means either of them;

“quorum”, in relation to the Council, means the quorum specified in section 4(4) of the Act;

“representation proceedings” means proceedings conducted by the Council under Part 3 for the purposes of making recommendations to the President under section 11(4) of the Act regarding any restraining order referred to the Council;

“representor”, in relation to a representation made under section 11(1A) of the Act against a restraining order, means —

“restraining order” means an order made under section 8 or 9 of the Act, and includes a direction to extend given to the Council by the Minister under section 11 or 13 of the Act;

“Secretary” means the Secretary to the Council appointed by the Council under section 4(2) of the Act;

“working day” means any day except a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday.