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Agricultural Product Standards Act, 1990 (Act No. 119 of 1990)

4A. Control over sale of imported products

 

(1)        The Minister may—

(a) prohibit the sale of a prescribed product imported into the Republic unless each quantity of such product intended for sale in the Republic complies with the provisions of section 3(1); and
(b) determine by notice in the Gazette that a particular prescribed product imported for sale in the Republic shall not be removed from the prescribed port of entry or such other place as the executive officer may determine unless—
(i) each quantity of such product intended for sale in the Republic has been approved by the executive officer for that purpose; or
(ii) written permission for the removal of a particular quantity of such product has been granted by the executive officer on the conditions which he or she deems necessary .

 

(2) The executive officer may exempt, in writing, a quantity of a prescribed product from complying with the provisions of subsection (1) if such quantity of a product is imported for purposes other than for the purpose of sale in the Republic.

 

(3) An application for an approval referred to in subsection (1)(b)(i) shall be made in the prescribed manner and the prescribed fee shall, in respect of such application, be payable in the prescribed manner and at the prescribed time.

 

[Section 4A inserted by section 6 of Act No. 63 of 1998]