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(a)
the Head of a department; and
(b)
any entity or institution,
in respect of the provision of services by the Government Security Incident Response
Teams.
(4)
(a)
The Director-General: State Security must, in consultation
with the Cabinet member responsible for State security, appoint a person from the State
Security Agency—
(i)
who, on the grounds of his or her knowledge and experience, is a suitable and
qualified person; and
(ii)
to whom a security clearance has been issued by the State Security Agency in
terms of section 2A of the National Strategic Intelligence Act, 1994 (Act No. 39 of
1994), to the satisfaction of the Cabinet member responsible for State security,
as head for each Government Security Incident Response Team established under this
section.
(b)
The Head referred to in this section must exercise the
powers and perform the functions and carry out the duties conferred upon, assigned to
or imposed upon him or her by the Director: Cyber Security Centre or under this Act,
subject to the control and directions of the Director: Cyber Security Centre.
(c)
Whenever a Head of a Government Security Incident
Response Team is, for any reason, temporarily unable to exercise, perform or carry out
his or her powers, functions and duties, the Director-General: State Security must, in
consultation with the Cabinet member responsible for State security, appoint a person
from the State Security Agency—
(i)
who, on the grounds of his or her knowledge and experience, is a suitable and
qualified person; and
(ii)
to whom a security clearance has been issued by the State Security Agency in
terms of section 2A of the National Strategic Intelligence Act, 1994 (Act No. 39 of
1994), to the satisfaction of the Cabinet member responsible for State security,
as acting Head.