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

Notices

Establishment of Statutory Measure: Records and Returns relating to Macadamias Domestic Production, Processing, Imports, Exports of Macadamia Nuts as well as Trees

2. Purpose and aim of statutory measure and the relation thereof to objectives of the Act
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The purpose and aims of this statutory measure are to compel the parties set out herein to keep records and render returns to SAMAC. This is necessary to ensure that continuous, timeous and accurate information relating to macadamias, is available to macadamia industry stakeholders. Such information is essential for purposes of assisting macadamia industry stakeholders in making informed decisions in relation to the macadamia industry. The obligation to retain certain information and render returns in relation thereto on an individual basis ensures that generic aggregated information in relation to the macadamia industry is capable of being processed and analyzed for the benefit of the macadamia industry by way of utilizing the revenue generated from the collection of levies.

 

The establishment of this statutory measure is intended to assist in promoting the efficiency of the production and marketing of macadamias. The viability of the macadamia industry will thus be enhanced. The measure will not be detrimental to the number of employment opportunities in the macadamia industry or fair labour practice.

 

The measure, as set out in this Schedule will be implemented and administered by SAMAC.