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

Notices

Establishment of Statutory Measure - Registration in respect of Manufacturers, Importers and Exporters of Oilseeds Products

1. Definitions

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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 other benefit is obtained;

 

"exporter"

means a person who exports maize products or wheaten products from South Africa, and this includes a person who arranges or handles the exports in the name of or on behalf of another person;

 

"importer"

means a person who imports maize products or wheaten products into South Africa, and this includes a person who arranges or handles the imports in the name of or on behalf of another person;

 

"manufacturer"

means a person who manufactures or processes, for his own account or on behalf of a third party, oilseeds products for commercial purposes;

 

"oilseeds products"

means the following products:

Coconut oil
Palm oil and its derivatives
Soybean oil
Groundnut oil+
Sunflower oil
Rapeseed/Canola oil
Maize (corn) oil
Cottonseed oil
Blends or mixes of oils, which include one of the above oils
Cottonseed oilcake
Sunflowerseed oilcake
Coconut oilcake
Palm-nut oilcake
Biodiesel
Flours and meals of soybean
Full-fat soybean
Peanut butter and peanut paste
Textured vegetable protein (TVP)

 

"premises"

means premises where local or imported maize products or wheaten products are manufactured or dispatched from and of which the person referred to is the owner or renter or otherwise has control, and where such person has more than one such premises, it shall include all such premises;

 

"SAGIS"

means the South African Grain Information Services, a company not for gain incorporated under section 21 of the Companies Act, 1973 (Act No. 61 of 1973);

 

"the Act"

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