A premises on which the business of the cleansing of propagating material for sale is conducted, may be registered as an establishment and the registration thereof be renewed if—
| (a) |
the place where seed is stored and cleansed on the premises concerned— |
| (ii) |
has efficient lighting so that any marks, printing or writing on containers of seed or on labels attached to such containers may readily be read; |
| (iii) |
has efficient ventilation so that excessive humidity and high temperatures which may detrimentally affect seed are prevented; and |
| (iv) |
is kept in an orderly, tidy and clean condition at all times; |
| (b) |
the available facilities at the premises concerned are adequate and sufficient to ensure the satisfactory cleansing of kinds and varieties of seed which are normally handled there; |
| (c) |
seed is handled and stored at the premises concerned in such a manner that— |
| (i) |
it is protected against damage by insects and rodents; |
| (ii) |
cleansed seed is kept separate from uncleansed seed, screenings and from anything else by storing it in separate stores, or by dividing it by means of solid partitions, or by means of spaces at least one metre wide; |
| (iii) |
access to each lot of seed can readily be obtained; and |
| (iv) |
admixing of seed of different kinds of plants is prevented, except if it is done in order to make up a mixture or to add a pollinator; |
| (d) |
there are marked, printed or written on the containers of uncleansed seed at such establishment, or on labels attached to the containers concerned— |
| (i) |
the words "uncleansed seed" or "onskoongemaakte saad"; |
| (ii) |
the kind and variety of the seed concerned; and |
| (iii) |
the name and address of the person from whom the seed concerned was received; and |
| (e) |
the applicable particulars which are required in terms of these regulations, are marked, printed or written on containers of cleansed seed, or on labels attached to the containers concerned. |
Stamp Duties Act, 1968 (Act 77 of 1968)
