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

Notices

Establishment of Statutory Measure: Registration of Producers, Exporters, Municipal Markets and Traders of Plums & Prunes, Peaches & Nectarines, Apricots, Apples and Pears and Processos of Apple Concentrate and Packers/Processors of Dried Fruit

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—

 

“Exporter”

means a person who trade pome fruit and stone 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, domestic fresh consumption, dried fruit and for the production of apple juice concentrate;

 

“Processor”

means an apple juice concentrate manufacturer or a processor of dried (pome and stone) fruit;

 

“Retailer”

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

 

“Stone fruit producer”

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

 

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 a retailer or a processor, must register as a producer and as an exporter or a retailer or a processor.