Marketing of Agricultural Products Act, 1996 (Act No. 47 of 1996) Notices Wine Industry : Implementation of Statutory Measures and Determination of Guideline Prices 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—

 

"bottler"

means any person who renders services in respect of bottling, stabilising, blending, filtering, labelling or storage on behalf of wine producers or wine traders, but is not registered as such;

 

"Department"

means the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries;

 

"drinking wine"

includes grape juice used in the production of drinking wine and drinking wine used in the production of other alcoholic products;

 

"export levy"

means the statutory measure referred to in clause 8;

 

"export wine"

means drinking wine exported from the Republic of South Africa;

 

"grapes"

means grapes intended for the production of drinking wine or distilling wine;

 

"grape juice"

means grape juice and grape juice concentrate intended for use in drinking wine or other alcoholic products;

 

"grape producer"

means any producer of grapes intended for the production of drinking wine or distilling wine;

 

"in bulk"

means a container of more than five litres;

 

"information levy"

means the statutory measure referred to in clause 9;

 

"registration measure"

means the statutory measure referred to in clause 5;

 

"research levy"

means the statutory measure referred to in clause 7;

 

"returns measure"

means the statutory measure referred to in clause 6;

 

"SAWIS"

means the S A Wine Industry Information and Systems, a non-profit company in terms of the Companies Act, No. 71 of 2008 as amended;

 

"statutory measure"

means—

 

"the Act"

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

 

"transformation levy"

means the statutory measure referred to in clause 10;

 

"vines"

means vines intended for the production of grapes;

 

"Transformation Unit"

means the S A Wine Industry Transformation Unit, a non-profit company in terms of the Companies Act, No. 71 of 2008 as amended;

 

"wine exporter"

means any person who exports drinking wine who is not registered as a wine producer or wine trader;

 

"wine producer"

means any person who crushes grapes and who is not registered as a wine trader;

 

"wine spirit"

means any spirit derived from wine, wine lees or husks;

 

"WINETECH"

means the Wine Industry Network of Expertise and Technology, a non-profit company in terms of the Companies Act, No.71 of 2008 as amended;

 

"wine trader"

means any person not registered as a wine producer who purchases or otherwise acquires—

 

"WOSA"

means WOSA Export Marketing, a non-profit company in terms of the Companies Act, No.71 of 2008 as amended.