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, and unless the context indicates otherwise—

“Exporter”

means a person who exports table grapes for his own account, or acts as an agent on a commission basis or for a fee to export table grapes on behalf of table grape producers;

“SATI”

means the South African Table Grape Industry NPC, a non-profit company incorporated in terms of the Companies Act, 71 of 2008, whose members are producers who produce table grapes within the borders of South Africa;

“Table grapes”

means fresh table grapes;

“Table grape producer”

means a producer of table grapes; and

“Vines”

means vines intended for the production of table grapes.

A person shall register either as a producer or as an exporter. A person who is a producer as well as an exporter must register as a producer and as an exporter.