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—

“cotton”

means cotton lint and seed cotton derived from the ball of the cotton plant (Gossypium hirsutum);

“cotton lint”

means the fibre derived from the seed cotton after the seed cotton has been ginned;

“Cotton South Africa”

means Cotton South Africa NPC (Non-profit Company - Registration No. 199800820/08);

“ginner”

means any person who gins seed cotton;

“gin”

in relation to seed cotton, means to separate the seed and fibre in seed cotton and ginning has a corresponding meaning;

“seed cotton”

means the lint and seed derived from the ball of the cotton plant (Gossypium hirsutum), before it has been ginned;

“the Act”

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