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—

“Exporter”

means a person or organisation who exports fynbos products for his own account, or acts as an agent on behalf of producers and/or packers of fynbos products;

“Fynbos”

refers to plant material from the families Proteaceae, Ericaceae, Restionaceae, Bruniaceae and Chamelaucium (Geraldton Wax) including any derived plant material such as hybrids, selections or mutations produced and harvested from natural veld, dedicated prepared dry land and/or irrigated planted areas and exported within a cold chain environment;

“Packer”

means a person or organisation who manufactures bouquets and other derived products utilising, inter alia, fynbos material; and

“Producer”

means a producer of fynbos products harvested from natural veld, from dedicated prepared dry land and/or irrigated production conditions.

A person shall have a choice to register as either a producer or as a packer or as an exporter. A person has to register for each of the categories (producer, packer or exporter) for which he qualifies.