Perishable Products Export Control Act, 1983 (Act No. 9 of 1983)RegulationsRegulations relating to the Export of Perishable Products, 1983Chapter IExporters |
5.
| (1) | Any person intending to export any perishable product to a place outside the Republic shall apply in writing to the Board for registration as an exporter. |
| (2) | Every application addressed to the Board in terms of subregulation (1) shall contain the applicant's full name and address, the port(s) of shipment which he intends to utilise, the perishable product which he intends to export and the name and address of his agent, if he intends to employ an agent, and the Board may call upon the applicant to furnish any further information which it deems to be necessary. |
| (3) | After consideration of such application together with any further information that may be required by the Board, and after the applicant has lodged a guarantee with the Board designed to defray the expenses referred to in section 14 of the Act, the Board may register such applicant as an exporter. |
| (4) | The Board may, on the application of an exporter who has discharged his liabilities to the Board, cancel the registration of such exporter. |
| 6. | Any person intending to export any perishable product to a place outside the Republic shall notify the Board of his intention to do so and the Board may, in its discretion, allow such exporter's agent to do so on the exporter's behalf. |
| 7. | Such information as the Board may require in respect of a perishable product which an exporter intends to export shall be furnished by him to the Board within such period as the Board may determine for each export transaction. |
| 8. | If the information referred to in regulation 7 is submitted to the Board by an exporter after the close of bookings for the vessel on which such exporter intends to export, the Board may refuse to accept his booking for such vessel. |
9.
| (1) | The Board, if it deems this necessary in the interest of exporters, may at any time refuse to accept a particular perishable product for export. |
| (2) | The Board shall not exercise its power of refusal in terms of subregulation (1) unless each exporter of the perishable product concerned has been given three days' prior notice of the board's decision and of the date on which such decision will come into effect: Provided that, if owing to circumstances over which the Board has no control such notice cannot be given, the Board may exercise such power without giving such notice. |