“designated entity” means a vendor-

(i)      to the extent that its supplies of goods and services of an activity carried on by that vendor are in terms of (b)(i) of the definition of ‘enterprise’ treated as supplies made in the course or furtherance of an enterprise;

(ii)    which is a major public entity, national government business enterprise or provincial government business enterprise listed in Schedule 2 or Part B or D of Schedule 3 of the Public Finance Management Act, 1999 (Act No. l of 1999), respectively;

[Paragraph (ii) amended by section 40 of Act 9 of 2006]

(iii)   which is a  party to a ‘Public Private Partnership Agreement’ as defined in Regulation 16 of the Treasury Regulations issued in terms of section 76 of the Public Finance Management  Act, 1999 (Act No. 1 of 1999), to the extent that that party supplies goods or services in terms of that Agreement to the ‘institution’ defined in that Regulation;

[Paragraph (iii) substituted by section 104 of Act 60 of 2008 and section 26 of Act 8 of 2010 effective on 2 November 2010]

(iv)    which is a welfare organisation;

[Paragraph (iv) amended by section 40 of Act 9 of 2006 and section 77 of Act 20 of 2006]

(v)     which is a municipal entity as defined in section 1 of the Local Government: Municipal Systems Act, 2000 (Act No. 32 of 2000); or

[Paragraph (v) added by section 40 of Act 9 of 2006 and amended by section 77 of Act 20 of 2006]

(vi)    which has powers similar to those of any water board listed in Part B of Schedule 3 of the Public Finance Management Act, 1999 (Act No. 1 of 1999), which would have complied with the definition of ‘local authority’ in section 1 prior to the deletion of that definition on 1 July 2006;

[Paragraph (vi) inserted by section 77 of Act 20 of 2006]

[Definition of “designated entity” inserted by section 164 of Act 45 of 2003]