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

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Establishment of Statutory Measure : Records and Returns by Abattoirs and other Role-Players in the Red Meat Industry

5. Records to be kept, returns to be rendered and the enforcement thereof

 

Any person referred to in sections 5(1), 5(2) and 5(3) of the levy notice, with the exception of persons referred to in sections 5(1)(a) and 5(2)(a) thereof, shall keep such record and render the returns as may be required by the Levy Administrator for the designated animals, red meat, red meat products and processed pork, as contemplated in section 3—

 

5.1 The records referred to in section 5 shall—
(a) be recorded on a computer or with ink in a book; and
(b) be kept at the registered premises of the person required to keep the records for a period of at least three years.

 

5.2 The returns referred to in section 5 shall be rendered on a form obtainable free of charge for this purpose from the Levy Administrator and shall—
(a) be submitted, when forwarded by post, to—

Meat Statutory Measure Services

P O Box 36802

Menlo Park

Pretoria

0102

(b) When sent by telefax, be addressed to -

012 361 2382

 

5.3 The implementation, administration and enforcement of the statutory measure established in this notice are entrusted to Meat Statutory Measure Services, a non-profit company as contemplated in the Companies Act, 2008 (Act No. 71 of 2008).

 

5.4 Returns referred to in sections 5(1)(b), (d), (e), (f) and (g) and 5(2)(b), (d), (e), (f) and (g) and 5(3) must be submitted within 14 days after the end of the calendar month in which the transaction took place. In the event of sections 5(1)(c) and 5(2)(c) must be submitted on or before the last day of March of the relevant year in which the levy is payable.