Marketing of Agricultural Products Act, 1996 (Act No. 47 of 1996) Notices Establishment of Statutory Measure: Records and Returns in respect of Maize and Wheat Imports and Exports 1. Definitions

 

In this Schedule any word or expression to which a meaning has been assigned in the Act shall have that meaning, and unless the context otherwise indicates—

 

"commercial purposes"

means where an income, remuneration or benefit is obtained;

 

"end-consumer"

means a person who consumes or processes maize and/or wheat (directly imported or locally produced maize and/or wheat) for commercial purposes, but who does not sell any resulting product;

 

"exporter"

means a person who exports maize and/or wheat from South Africa, and this includes a person who administrates or handles the exports in the name of or on behalf of another person;

 

"handle"

means to receive, store or dispatch maize and/or wheat for imports and/or exports;

 

"importer"

means a person who imports maize and/or wheat into South Africa, and this includes a person who administrates or handles the imports in the name of or on behalf of another person;

 

"maize"

means the threshed and unthreshed product of plants of zea mays indentata, zea mays indurata and zea mays ceratina or one or more of the hybrids of these, irrespective whether it is white maize or yellow maize;

[Definition substituted by section 1(1.1.) of Notice No. R.2515, GG46934, dated 23 September 2022]

 

"premises"

means premises where locally produced or imported maize and/or wheat is handled for exports and/or imports and of which the person referred to is the owner or lessee or otherwise has control, and where such person has more than one such premises, it shall include all such premises;

 

"processor"

means a person who mills, crushes, grinds to grits, or otherwise processes maize and/or wheat, in any manner whatsoever, for the manufacture of maize and/or wheat products with the aim of selling the resultant product;

[Definition substituted by section 1(1.1.) of Notice No. R.2515, GG46934, dated 23 September 2022]

 

 

"SAGIS"

means the South African Grain Information Service NPC, a non-profit company as defined in the Companies Act, 2008, originally incorporated under section 21 of the Companies Act, 1973 (Act No. 61 of 1973)

[Definition substituted by Part A, 1.1, of Notice No. R. 68, GG 39627, dated 29 January 2016]

 

"storer"

means a person with storage facilities where maize and/or wheat is handled commercially for import and/or export purposes;

 

"the Act"

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

 

"wheat"

means the kernels of the species Triticum aestivum; Triticum durum, Triticum turgidum and Ttiticum polonicum;

 

"white maize"

means maize of which the endosperm has a white colour by nature; and

 

"yellow maize"

means maize of which the endosperm has a yellow colour by nature.