Marketing of Agricultural Products Act, 1996 (Act No. 47 of 1996) Notices Establishment of Statutory Measure and Determination of Levies on Table Olives and Olive Oil 1. Definitions

 

In this Schedule any word or expression to which a meaning has been assigned in the Act shall have that meaning, unless the context indicates otherwise:

 

“cultivar”

means a type of Olea europaea tree which may include cultivars such as Mission, Leccina, Frantoio, Coratina, Kalamata or any other recognised Olea europaea cultivar;

 

“fresh olives”

means the unprocessed fruits of the Olea europaea to be used for the production of table olives, olive paste or olive oil;

 

“grower”

means any entity involved in growing the Olea europaea to be sold for commercial gain, i.e. nurseries

 

“olive oil processor”

means the entity which extracts olive oil from fresh olives;

 

“olive products”

means the processed products obtained from fresh olives, namely table olives, extra virgin olive oil and virgin olive oil.

 

“olive trees”

means Olea europaea trees of any cultivar;

 

“olives”

means the fruits of the Olea europaea;

 

“processed olive products”

means the fruits which have been processed and are ready for consumption;

 

“processed table olives”

means olives that have been processed and are ready for consumption;

 

“producer”

means the entity which grows olive trees to produce fresh olives for commercial gain;

 

“table olive packer”

means the entity which buys in processed table olives in bulk and packages these olives for resale;

 

“table olive processor”

means the entity which converts the fresh olives into product which can be consumed;

 

“The Act”

means the Marketing of Agricultural Products Act, 1996 (Act No 47 of 1996); as amended, and

 

“virgin olive oil”

means olive oil which conforms to all the conditions set out by the International Olive Council (IOC) for extra virgin olive oil.

 

A person shall have a choice to register as either a producer or as an importer and/or a processor. A person who is a producer as well as an importer and/or a processor must register as a producer and as an importer and/or a processor.