Sugar Act, 1978 (Act No. 9 of 1978)Sugar Industry Agreement, 2000Chapter 3 : Production of Cane90 - 95. Inspection of Land and Order to Eradicate Pests or Diseases |
| 90. | Without incurring any obligation to pay compensation, a Local Pest, Disease and Variety Control Committee may cause an officer to inspect any cane on any land situated within its area of jurisdiction and to remove samples of any cane in order to ascertain whether any pest or disease inimical to cane exists on the land. |
| 91. | If an officer discovers upon any land within a proclaimed area the presence of any such pest or disease, or reasonably suspects the presence thereof on the land, the Local Pest, Disease and Variety Control Committee concerned may— |
| (a) | by order in writing duly served on the grower concerned declare the whole of the land or any specified portion thereof to be quarantined for such period or periods as may be determined by the Local Pest, Disease and Variety Control Committee concerned and specified in the order; |
| (b) | by order in writing duly served on the grower require the grower to carry out in the manner and within the period specified in the order such measures as the Local Pest, Disease and Variety Control Committee concerned may specify for the eradicating or combating the pest or disease; and (c) by order in writing duly served on the grower require the grower to carry out any remedial operation on or to harvest or destroy any cane growing on his or her land in the manner and within the period specified in the order and to keep his or her land or any portion thereof free of any such sugar cane for a period specified in the order. |
| 92. | Any order issued under clause 91 shall be subject to an appeal to the Administration Board. |
| 93. | Should a grower upon whom an order under clause 91 has been duly served fail or omit to duly observe or comply with the terms and requirements of the order, the South African Sugar Association may cause the order to be carried out in accordance with the provisions of clause 80. |
| 94. | The Administration Board shall have power to consider and decide any matter in respect of which any Local Pest, Disease and Variety Control Committee is unable, due to a disagreement among its members, to come to a decision. |
| 95. | Any appeal to the said Administration Board shall be noted in writing and delivered at the office of the South African Sugar Association within 14 days of the service upon the grower concerned of the order against which the appeal is noted. |