“representative employer” means –

(a)     in the case of any company, the public officer of that company, or, in the event of such company being placed under business rescue in terms of Chapter 6 of the Companies Act, in liquidation or under judicial management, the business rescue practitioner, liquidator or judicial manager, as the case may be;

[Paragraph (a) substituted by section 7 of Act 44 of 2014 effective on 20 January 2015]

(b)     in the case of any municipality or any body corporate or unincorporated (other than a company or a partnership), any manager, secretary, officer or other person responsible for paying remuneration on behalf of such municipality or body;

(c)     in the case of a person under legal disability, any guardian, curator, administrator or other person having the management or control of the affairs of the person under legal disability; or

(d)     in the case of any employer who is not resident in the Republic, any agent of such employer having authority to pay remuneration,

who resides in the Republic, but nothing in this definition shall be construed as relieving any person from any liability, responsibility or duty imposed upon him or her by this Schedule; and