Diamonds Act, 1986
R 385
Marketing of Agricultural Products Act, 1996 (Act No. 47 of 1996)NoticesEstablishment of Statutory Measure and Determination of Guideline Prices: Levies relating to Lucerne Seed and Lucerne Hay2. Purpose and aims of statutory measure and the relation thereof to objectives of the Act |
The purpose and aims of this statutory measure are to provide financial support to lucerne information, transformation and research functions, which have been identified by the lucerne industry as essential and in the interest of the industry as a whole.
These functions are:
| • | Cleaning, grading and classification standards and services; |
| • | The collection and dissemination of statistics and other information; |
| • | Liaison with Government and other role-players on industry issues; |
| • | Small farmers development and training; and |
| • | Research relating to lucerne seed and lucerne hay. The establishment of the measure should assist in promoting the efficiency of the marketing of lucerne hay and seed. The viability of the lucerne industry should thus be enhanced. |
The measure is not detrimental to any of the objectives of the Act, and in particular will not be detrimental to the number of employment opportunities or fair labour practice in the lucerne industry. The measure will be administered by the National Lucerne Trust, who will act in terms of the mandate on behalf of the lucerne industry.
