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

Notices

Establishment of Statutory Measure and Determination of Levies on Apricots

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, unless the context otherwise indicates—

 

“Apricot producer”

means a producer of apricots intended for exports and/or fresh domestic consumption and/or drying;

 

“Exporter”

means a person who trade apples for export for his own account, or acts as an agent on a commission basis on behalf of apricots producers;

 

“Municipal market”

means the national fresh produce markets as defined from time to time;

 

“Processor”

means a person who procures dried apricots from a producer for local market and export; and

 

“Retailer”

means a person who trades apricots on a retail level on the domestic market.

 

A person shall have a choice to register as either a producer or an exporter or municipal market or retailer or processor. A person who is a producer as well as an exporter or retailer or processor must register as a producer and as an exporter or retailer or processor.