| (1) |
An application for an import certificate shall be made on a form obtainable from the administering officer for this purpose. |
| (a) |
be completed by the importer concerned or a person duly authorized to apply on his behalf; |
| (b) |
be lodged with the administering officer; |
| (c) |
except where otherwise provided in regulation 44, be accompanied by the prescribed fees; |
[Regulation 43(2)(c) substituted by regulation 3 of Notice No. R. 678 of 2001]
| (d) |
except where otherwise provided in regulation 45, be accompanied by a sample of the product concerned; |
| (e) |
except where otherwise provided in regulation 46, be accompanied by a certificate of analysis in respect of the product concerned; |
| (f) |
where applicable, be accompanied by the other documents required elsewhere in this Part; and |
| (g) |
in the case of a product in respect of which particular production, compositional or maturation requirements are required by these regulations, be accompanied by documentary proof, issued by a competent authority in the country of origin of that product, in which the compliance of those requirements are confirmed. |
| (3) |
Subject to the provisions of subregulation (4), separate applications shall be thus lodged in respect of— |
| (a) |
products supplied by the same foreign supplier but which differ in respect of container, composition and labelling; and |
| (b) |
products with the same container, composition and labelling, that are supplied by different foreign suppliers. |
| (4) |
If a person intends to move to the Republic, one application may be submitted by him in respect of all the products forming part of his household or personal effects, provided— |
| (a) |
that person was not resident in the Republic during the 12 months preceding his application; |
| (b) |
the volume of those products, excluding products produced and bottled in the Republic, that differ in respect of container, composition and labelling, does not exceed 24 litres each; and |
| (c) |
the application concerned is also accompanied by— |
| (i) |
an inventory in which full particulars of the products concerned are furnished; |
| (ii) |
evidence of the fact specified in paragraph (a); and |
| (iii) |
a written undertaking by the applicant concerned that he will not sell those products in the Republic. |
| (iv) |
a certified copy of the identification document or, in the case of a legal person, the applicable registration document, of the importer; and |
[Regulation 43(4)(c)(iv) inserted by regulation 12(a) of Notice No. R. 401 of 2014]
| (v) |
a letter of authority if the applicant is acting on behalf of the importer. |
[Regulation 43(4)(c)(v) inserted by regulation 12(a) of Notice No. R. 401 of 2014]
| (5) |
[Regulation 43(5) deleted by regulation 12(b) of Notice No. R. 401 of 2014] |
Public Service Commission Act, 1997
