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

Regulations

Liquor Products Act: Regulations

Part 5 : Miscellaneous Provisions

61. Payment of fees

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(1)Postage on and delivery of any application, notice, document or appeal which is submitted in terms of these regulations, as well as on or of anything else pertaining thereto, shall be prepaid.

 

(2)Any amount which is payable in terms of these regulations shall be paid by cheque, postal order or money order made out in favour of the Director-General: Agriculture, and be forwarded or delivered to the administering officer referred to in regulation 62(1): Provided that if such amount is delivered by hand, it may be paid in cash.

 

(3)Any amount which is payable in terms of Part 2, 3, 4 and 5 of these regulations, shall be paid within 30 days of the date on which a statement reflecting the amount due, was issued to the person by whom such amount is payable.

 

(4)If a person fails or refuses to pay the amount reflected in a statement referred to in subregulation (3), within the period permitted under that subregulation—
(a)such amount shall become immediately payable together with interest thereon, calculated from the date of issue of the statement concerned and at a rate determined in terms of section 26 of the Exchequer Act, 1975 (Act No. 66 of 1975);
(b)the administering officer shall suspend all services of the person concerned and the issuing of certificates or other documentation in terms of regulation 40, 43, 46, 47, 48, 49, 51 and 55 to such person, until the amount referred to in paragraph (a) is paid by him in full.

 

(5)Nothwithstanding the provisions of subregulation (3), the administering officer may require that a person in respect of whom services have once been suspended in terms of subregulation (4)(b), shall pay the applicable amounts which are payable in terms of Part 2, 3, 4 and 5 of these regulations when submitting the relevant applications.

 

(6)Subject to the provisions of section 27(1)(k) of the Act, an amount which has been paid in terms of these regulations, shall not be repayable.

 

[Regulation 61 inserted by regulation 4 of Notice No. R. 2593 of 1992]