(1)  For the purposes of this Act or a provision of this Act, a person is the regulator if –

(a) the person prescribed as the regulator for the purposes of this Act or the provision; or

(b) if no such person is prescribed for this Act or the provision, the Director of Local Government.

(2)  In this Act, a reference to the regulator in respect of a regulated business, cemetery or crematorium is a reference to the regulator appointed for the provision of the Act in which the reference occurs.