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

Notices

Establishment of Statutory Measure and Determination of Levies on Apricots

1. Definitions

 

In this Schedule any word or expression to which a meaning has been assigned in the Act, shall have that meaning, unless the context otherwise indicates—

 

“Apricot producer”

means a producer of apricots intended for exports and/or fresh domestic consumption and/or drying;

 

“Exporter”

means a person who trade apples for export for his own account, or acts as an agent on a commission basis on behalf of apricots producers;

 

“Municipal market”

means the national fresh produce markets as defined from time to time;

 

“Processor”

means a person who procures dried apricots from a producer for local market and export; and

 

“Retailer”

means a person who trades apricots on a retail level on the domestic market.

 

A person shall have a choice to register as either a producer or an exporter or municipal market or retailer or processor. A person who is a producer as well as an exporter or retailer or processor must register as a producer and as an exporter or retailer or processor.