Marketing of Agricultural Products Act, 1996 (Act No. 47 of 1996)

9. Functions of Council
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(1)Subject to the provisions of section 2, the Council—
(a)shall, when requested by the Minister, or of its own accord, investigate, in terms of section 11(2), the establishment, continuation, amendment or revocation of statutory measures and other regulatory measures affecting the marketing of agricultural products, evaluating the desirability, necessity or efficiency and if necessary, proposing alternatives to the establishment, continuation, amendment or repeal of a statutory measure and report to and advise the Minister accordingly;
(b)shall prepare and submit to the Minister for consideration statutory measures or other regulatory measure and changes to statutory measures which the Minister directs it to prepare;
(c)shall, whenever requested by the Minister and at least once annually, report on the activities of the Council;
(d)may direct any institution or body of persons designated for the purpose of the implementation or administration of a statutory measure in terms of section 14, to furnish the Council with such information pertaining to a statutory measure as the Council, the Minister or the parliamentary committees may require;
(e)may undertake investigations and advise the Minister regarding—
(i)agricultural marketing policy and the application thereof;
(ii)the co-ordination of agricultural marketing policy in relation to national economic, social and development policies and international trends and developments;
(iii)the possibilities for promoting the objectives mentioned in section 2(2); and
(iv)the effect that the marketing of products has on the objectives mentioned in section 2(2).
(f)shall monitor the application of statutory measures and report thereon to the Minister and shall evaluate and review such measures at least every two years;

 

(2)Copies of all reports which are submitted to the Minister in terms of subsection (1) shall simultaneously be despatched to the parliamentary committees for their information.