Section 1: In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires -

"Agency" means the Sierra Leone Local Content Agency established under section 3; 'Board" means the Board of Directors established by section 4; "Chairman" means the Chairman of the Board; "citizen " means a citizen of Sierra Leone as defined under the Citizenship Act 1973; "Director-General" means the Director-General of the Agency appointed under section 16; "Expatriate" means an employee working in Sierra Leone other than his country of origin; "labour clause" means a clause mandating the use of a minimum percentage of Sierra Leonean Labour in professional cadres in all contracts awarded in the sectors covered by this Act in Sierra Leone, above a threshold value as stipulated by the Minister; "member" means a member of the Board ; "Minister" means the Minister responsible for trade and industry and "Ministry" shall be construed accordingly ; "operator" means any state enterprise, Sierra Leonean, foreign or international company operating in the sectors covered by this Act under any contract, agreement or alliance ; "plan" means a Sierra Leonean content plan referred to in section 40 submitted in compliance with any aspect of this Act; "Sierra Leonean companies" means companies that are registered in Sierra Leone in accordance with the Companies Act 2009 and fifty percent of the share capital are owned by Citizens; "Sierra Leone Local Content" means the proportion between the value of the goods produced and services rendered in Sierra Leone by Sierra Leoneans and the total value of the goods and services acquired for exploration, development and production in the sectors covered by the Act under concession, contracts, licences and other forms of agreements; "Sierra Leone Local Content on-line internal portal" means a virtual platform for buyers and sellers of goods and services in the sectors covered by this "Sierra Leone Local Content indicator" means a percentage rating of a company based on specific criteria defined on the basis of values ascribed to each criterion; "Sierra Leone Local Content Verification Personnel" means a person registered by the Sierra Leonean Content Agency,