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

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—

“Exporter”

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

“Municipal market”

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

“Pear producer”

means a producer of pears intended for fresh and/or dried fruit exports and/or fresh and/or dried domestic consumption; and

“Processor”

means a person who procures and packages dried pears from a producer, and/or for his own account; and

“Retailer”

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

A person shall have a choice to register as either a producer or an exporter or processor or municipal market or retailer. 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.