| (1) | Subject to the provisions of subregulation (2)— |
| (a) | a product other than wine intended for export in bulk shall be exported within 42 days after the date of issue of the export certificate concerned; |
| (b) | wine intended for export in bulk shall be exported within 42 days after the date on which it was found to be suitable for export in terms of regulation 53(1)(a)(ii); and |
| (c) | a product intended for export in containers shall be exported within 90 days after the date of issue of the export certificate concerned, or be exported within the remaining part of the applicable period referred to in regulation 52(7)(b), (c)(ii) or (d)(ii), whichever is the shortest. |
[Regulation 54(1) substituted by regulation 14 of Notice No. R. 77 of 2006)
(2)
| (a) | The administering officer may on written request by the holder of an export certificate, extend the applicable period referred to in subregulation (1) for such period and subject to such conditions as the administering officer may determine. |
| (b) | Such extension shall be granted only if the request concerned is received by the administering officer before the applicable period referred to in subregulation (1) has expired. |
| (3) | The holder of an export certificate shall notify the administering officer at least 48 hours before the shipping of a consignment thereunder, of— |
| (a) | the date of shipment of that consignment; |
| (b) | the address of the premises where that consignment will be loaded for shipping; |
| (c) | the format of the containers and the volume of the product in that consignment; and |
| (d) | the number and date of issue of the export certificate concerned. |
(4)
| (a) | Such consignment shall— |
| (i) | only be loaded for shipping under the supervision of or in terms of an authority by the administering officer; and |
| (ii) | not be loaded unless the export certificate concerned, is available at the point of loading. |
| (b) | Within 48 hours after such consignment is loaded, the holder of the export certificate concerned, must hand in a statement of details of that consignment to the administering officer on a form which is obtainable from the administering officer for this purpose. |
[Regulation 54(4) substituted by regulation 4(a) of Notice No. R. 2242 of 1994]
(5)
| (a) | The administering officer may at any time, in order to satisfy himself/herself that the particulars in respect of a consignment corresponds with that of the product specified in the export certificate concerned, obtain a further sample of the particular consignment in the manner as stipulated in regulation 52, before such consignment is loaded for shipping. |
| (b) | The volume or number of containers which were removed from a consignment of a product during sampling, may be replaced by a corresponding volume or number of containers of the product concerned. |
[Regulation 54(5) substituted by regulation 4(a) of Notice No. R. 2242 of 1994]
| (6) | If the administering officer is not satisfied that a consignment corresponds with the particulars of the product referred to in the export certificates concerned— |
[Words preceding regulation 54(6)(a) substituted by regulation 4(b) of Notice No. R. 2242 of 1994]
| (a) | he shall notify the holder of the export certificate concerned in writing of his decision and of the grounds therefor; |
| (b) | the holder of the export certificate concerned shall return that certificate to the administering officer within 30 days of the date of such notice; and |
| (c) | the consignment concerned shall not be loaded for shipping. |
