| (1) | Any person intending to press grapes with a view to the production of wine intended for certification shall apply for an authority on a form obtainable from the Authority for this purpose. |
(2)
| (a) | Separate applications shall thus be made in respect of grapes pressed in the same cellar with a view to the production of wine in respect of which certification of different particulars referred to in section 11(3)(a) and (4) of the Act are required. |
| (b) | If the intention is to combine grapes of different cultivars before, during or directly after crushing in order to produce a cultivar wine or to claim that the wine consists of different cultivars, the application form concerned shall state— |
| (i) | the designations of the cultivars concerned; and |
| (ii) | the method whereby the mass of the grapes of each of the various cultivars is to be determined prior to their addition. |
| (c) | If the intention is to combine grapes of different areas of production before, during or directly after crushing in order to produce a wine of origin of more than one area of production, the application form concerned shall state— |
| (i) | the names of each of the areas or production concerned; and |
| (ii) | the method whereby the mass of the grapes of each of the areas of production is to be determined prior to their addition. |
[Clause 15(2)(c)substituted by regulation 7 of Notice No. R. 834 of 1998]
| (3) | Such application shall be lodged with the Authority at least 30 days prior to the expected date on which the pressing of the grapes concerned will commence. |
| (4) | The applicable fee determined by the Authority for this purpose shall be payable in respect of such application. |
| (5) | If the Authority approves such application— |
| (a) | the additional conditions and requirements determined by the Authority, that have to be complied with in connection with the pressing of the grapes concerned and the production of wine therefrom shall be indicated on the authority concerned; and |
| (b) | such authority shall be accompanied by a production sheet on which the holder of the authority concerned shall record the particulars required in terms of this Scheme or by the Authority. |
