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Marketing of Agricultural Products Act, 1996 (Act No. 47 of 1996)

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Establishment of Statutory Measure and Determination of a Differentiated Ad Hoc Levy on Planted Fruit Hectares for Funding of an Area Wide Bactrocera Dorsalis Eradication Programme in Specified Production Areas

1. Definitions

 

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 otherwise indicates—

 

“Differentiated levy”

means a per hectare levy applicable to planted fruit hectares in specified production regions;

 

“Planted hectares”

means the total plantings of a specific producer of agreed products benefitting from the area wide Bactrocera Dorsalis mitigation programme in specified production regions;

 

“Producer”

means a person producing products on planted fruit hectares in specified production regions as agreed from time to time;

 

“Specified Production Regions”

means defined areas where producers have approved the implementation of this measure on all planted hectares included in such region;