(iii) any other area which is within the limits of the area of the municipality, town, rural district council or local board though excluded therefrom; (b) in the case of any other local authority, the area of jurisdiction specified for that local authority in terms of subsection (2); “authorized officer” means— (a) a police officer; (b) a medical officer of health; (c) a health inspector; (d) any person appointed as such in terms of section forty-four; “goods” means wares, merchandise, produce and, generally, corporeal movable things of any description; “health inspector” has the meaning given to it by the Public Health Act [Chapter 15:10]; “licence” means a licence issued or renewed or deemed to have been issued in terms of this Act; “licensed premises” means any premises in respect of which a licence has been issued or renewed; “licensing area”, in relation to a licensing authority, means— (a) in the case of a licensing authority which is a local authority, the area under the jurisdiction of such local authority; (b) in the case of a licensing authority which is a board appointed in terms of paragraph ( b) of subsection (1) of section seven, the area in respect of which such board is established; “licensing authority” means a licensing authority constituted or deemed to have been constituted in terms of this Act; “local authority” means— (a) a municipal council, town council, rural district council or local board; (b) any other authority or body which is declared in terms of subsection (2) to be a local authority for the purpose of this Act; “medical officer of health” has the meaning given to it by the Public Health Act [Chapter 15:10] and includes a Government medical officer who is designated as a medical officer of health in terms of section 9 of that Act; “Minister” means the Minister of Local Government, Rural and Urban Development or any other Minister to whom the President may, from time to time, assign the administration of this Act; “new licence” means a licence issued otherwise than on renewal; “permit” means a permit issued in terms of this Act; “sell” means to sell by retail or wholesale and includes— (a) to exchange or barter; (b) to offer, keep or expose for sale; “stand” has the meaning given to it in section 2 of the Land Survey Act [Chapter 20:12]; “vending machine” means a machine or appliance designed to contain goods which may be obtained by inserting a coin or any other token or disc therein or into any appliance attached thereto or which is accessory thereto. (2) The Minister may, by notice in a statutory instrument— (a) declare any authority or body, other than a local authority as defined in paragraph (a) of the definition of “local authority”, to be a local authority for the purposes of this Act; (b) specify the area of jurisdiction of such local authority; and may in like manner amend or revoke any such notice. PART II C ONTROL OF TRADES AND BUSINESSES 3 Application of Act (1) Nothing in this Act shall apply to the trades or businesses specified in the First Schedule. (2) The Minister may, subject to subsections (3) and (4), by notice in a statutory instrument, amend the First Schedule by altering therein, adding thereto or removing therefrom any trade or business. (3) Before making any notice in terms of subsection (2) the Minister shall— (a) give at least three months’ notice in the Gazette of his intention to do so and shall in such notice call for representations to be made to him in writing concerning the proposal within such period as may be specified in such notice; and (b) consider every representation made in terms of paragraph (a ). (4) A notice made in terms of subsection (2) shall come into effect on such date, being not sooner than three months after the date of publication thereof in the Gazette, as may be specified in the notice