Liquor Products Act, 1989 (Act No. 60 of 1989)

Notices

Wine of Origin Scheme

31. Payment of fees
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(1)Postage on and delivery costs of any application, notice or document submitted to the Authority in terms of this Scheme, as well as of anything else pertaining thereto shall be prepaid by the sender thereof.

 

(2)An amount payable in terms of this Scheme shall—
(a)be paid to the Authority;
(b)be thus paid by means of a cheque, postal order or money order made out in favour of the Authority: Provided that a cash payment will be accepted if it is delivered by hand to the Authority; and
(c)be paid within 30 days of the date of issue of a statement reflecting the amount due by the person to whom it was issued: Provided that the fees referred to in section 6(2)(b)(ii) and (7)(d)(ii) of this Scheme shall be prepaid.

 

(3)If a person refuses or fails to pay the amount reflected in a statement referred to in subsection (2)(b), within the period permitted under that subsection—
(a)such amount shall become immediately payable together with interest thereon, calculated from the date of issue of the statement concerned at a rate determined by the Authority; and
(b)the Authority may suspend the issue of seals referred to in section 26 of this Scheme to the person concerned, and the certification of wine in respect of which he has lodged an application for final approval in terms of section 27 of this Scheme, until the amount referred to in paragraph (a) has been paid by him.

 

(4)Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (2)(c), the Authority may require that a person in respect of whom the provisions of subsection (3) has been applied once or more shall—
(a)pay the applicable amounts determined by the Authority in terms of this Scheme when he lodges the relevant applications; or
(b)maintain a deposit or furnish a guarantee for an amount determined by the Authority.

 

(5)An amount due to the State in terms of the regulations published by Government Notice No. R. 2544  of 19 December 1980, as amended, in connection with matters relating to the certification of wine in terms of those regulations, but which has not yet been paid on the date of publication of this Scheme shall be payable to the Authority.