Sugar Act, 1978 (Act No. 9 of 1978) 1. Definitions

 

In this Act, unless the context otherwise indicates—

 

"Agreement"

means the Sugar Industry Agreement referred to in section 4;

 

"Association"

means the South African Sugar Association incorporated in terms of section 2;

 

"designated agricultural product"

means an agricultural product designated in terms of section 2;

 

"grower"

means a person who produces sugar cane or any designated agricultural product;

 

"industrial price"

in relation to any sugar industry product, means the price at which that product is sold by any miller or refiner for consumption in the Republic;

 

"miller"

means a person who manufactures sugar from sugar cane or any designated agricultural product;

 

"Minister"

means the Minister of Economic Affairs;

 

"production"

when used in relation to the words "sugar industry product", includes the planting, growing, harvesting, transportation, milling, manufacture and refining of such a product;

 

"refined sugar"

means refined sugar as defined in Schedule 1, including any amendment or substitution of that definition in terms of section 9;

 

"refiner"

means a person who manufactures refined sugar;

 

"speciality sugar"

means speciality sugar as defined in Schedule 2, including any amendment or substitution of that definition in terms of section 9;

 

"sugar industry product"

means sugar cane, sugar or any designated agricultural product, or any product or by-product derived directly from the processing of sugar cane, a designated agricultural product or the juice of sugar cane or of a designated agricultural product, or any product or by-product derived directly from the manufacture or refining of sugar, but does not include anything derived from the reprocessing of any such product or by-product;

 

"this Act"

includes the Agreement, a notice issued in terms of section 6 and any regulation made in terms of section 10;

 

"year"

means a year as defined in the Agreement.