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 stone fruit and pome fruit for export for his own account, or acts as an agent on a commission basis on behalf of producers;

“Municipal market”

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

“Pome fruit producer"

means a producer of apples and pears intended for fresh pome fruit exports and/or domestic fresh consumption and/or drying, as well as apples for apple juice concentrate;

“Processor”

means an apple juice concentrate manufacturer or a packer of dried pome and stone fruit;

“Retailer”

means a person who trades with fresh stone fruit and/or pome fruit on a retail level on the domestic market;

“Stone fruit producer”

means a producer of plums, prunes, peaches, nectarines and apricots intended for fresh stone fruit exports and/or domestic fresh consumption and/or drying;

“Trees”

means trees intended for the production of apples, pears, plums, prunes, peaches, nectarines and apricots; and

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