"agricultural product"

means a product declared as an agricultural product in terms of subsection (2);

"business plan"

means a detailed and systematic formulation of a programme of action with specified objectives, time-frames, and a budget;

"class"

in relation to an agricultural product, means a kind or a variety thereof determined according to the size, mass, measure, number, quantity, measurements, colour, appearance, purity or chemical, physical or micro-biological composition, or any other feature or characteristic thereof, or a unit or quantity thereof;

"consumers"

means end users of agricultural products;

"control board"

means a control board constituted in terms of the Marketing Act, 1968 (Act No. 59 of 1968), for the implementation of schemes in terms of that Act;

"Council"

means the National Agricultural Marketing Council established in terms of section 3;

"Department"

means the Department of Agriculture in the national government;

"directly affected group"

means any group of persons which is party to the production, sale, purchase, processing or consumption of an agricultural product and includes labour employed in the production or processing of such product;

"Director-General"

means the Director-General of the Department;

"food security"

means access, by all individuals, to sufficient food of sufficient quality, necessary for a healthy and active life;

"inspector"

means an inspector appointed in terms of section 21;

"levy"

means a levy introduced by the Minister on agricultural products, in terms of section 15;

"market"

means any market for agricultural products;

"Minister"

means the Minister responsible for agriculture;

"officer"

means an officer of the Department, as defined in section 1(1) of the Public Service Act, 1994 (Proclamation No. 103 of 1994);

"parliamentary committees"

means the Select and Portfolio Committees of Parliament responsible for agricultural affairs;

"producer"

means a person who produces an agricultural product;

"regulatory measure"

means any measure relating to the regulation of the marketing of agricultural products;

"sell"

[Definition deleted by Act No. 59 of 1977]

"statutory measure"

means a levy contemplated in section 15, and a direction contemplated in sections 16, 18 and 19;

"trust"

[Definition deleted by Act No. 59 of 1977]