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

Notices

Establishment of Statutory Measure and Determination of Levies on Peaches & Nectarines

1. Definitions

 

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

 

“Exporter”

means a person who trade peaches and nectarines for export for his own account, or acts as an agent on a commission basis on behalf of peach and nectarine producers;

 

“Municipal market”

means the national fresh produce markets as defined from time to time;

 

“Peach and nectarine producer”

means a producer of peaches and nectarines intended for exports and/or fresh domestic consumption; and

 

“Processor”

means a person who procures dried peaches and nectarines from a producer; and

 

“Retailer”

means a person who trades peaches and nectarines on a retail level on the domestic market.

 

A person shall have a choice to register as either a producer or an exporter or municipal market or processor or retailer. A person who is a producer as well as an exporter or a processor or a retailer must register as a producer and as an exporter or a retailer or a processor.