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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 in respect of Oilseeds Products

1. Definitions

 

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

 

"commercial purposes"

means where an income, remuneration or other benefit is obtained;

 

"exporter"

means a person who exports oilseeds products from South Africa, and this includes a person who arranges or handles the exports in the name of or on behalf of another person;

 

"importer"

means a person who imports oilseeds products into South Africa, and this includes a person who arranges or handles the imports in the name of or on behalf of another person;

 

"manufacturer"

means a person who manufactures or processes, for his own account or on behalf of a third party, oilseeds products for commercial purposes;

 

"oilseeds products"

means the following products:

•        Coconut oil

•        Palm oil and its derivatives

•        Soybean oil

•        Groundnut oil

•        Sunflower oil

•        Rapeseed/Canola oil

•        Maize (corn) oil

•        Cottonseed oil

•        Blends or mixes of oils, which include one of the above oils

•        Cottonseed oilcake

•        Sunflowerseed oilcake

•        Coconut oilcake

•        Palm-nut oilcake

•        Soybean oilcake

•        Biodiesel

•        Flours and meals of soybean

•        Full-fat soybean

•        Peanut butter and peanut paste

•        Textured vegetable protein (TVP)

 

"premises"

means premises where local or imported oilseeds products are manufactured, imported to or exported from and of which the person referred to is the owner or renter or otherwise has control, and where such person has more than one such premises, it shall include all such premises;

 

"registered VAT vendor"

means any person or entity that is registered as a vendor by the South African Revenue Services (SARS) in terms of the legislation pertaining to Value Added Tax and who has to submit returns for that purpose to SARS;

 

"SAGIS"

means the South African Grain Information Services NPC, a non-profit company as defined by the Companies Act, No 71 of 2008, originally incorporated under section 21 of the Companies Act, 1973 (Act No. 61 of 1973); and

 

"the Act"

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

 

 


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