Agricultural Produce Agents Act, 1992 (Act No. 12 of 1992)RulesRules in respect of Export Agents, 2025Part 6 - Miscellaneous Provisions |
| 30. | Certain convictions to be reported to Council |
| (a) | Whenever an export agent or any of his designated employees are convicted of an offence involving an element of dishonesty, such export agent shall within 5 (five) business days after the date of sentencing, notify the Council by registered post or e-mail of the date of conviction, the nature of the offence, the sentence imposed, and by which court. |
| (b) | Whenever a designated employee leaves the employment of the export agent who employed him, such export agent and such employee shall within 5 (five) business days after the date of termination of employment, notify the Council by registered post or e-mail of the date of termination of employment and the reasons for the termination of his employment. |
| 31. | Payment of unclaimed moneys to Council |
| (a) | If the amount to be paid by an export agent to his principal has not been claimed by the principal within 150 (one hundred and fifty) business days after the sale, that export agent shall pay the amount from his bank account to the Council and furnish the Council with the particulars required in the rules in connection therewith. |
| (b) | A payment of unclaimed moneys to the Council in terms of section 20(2)(a) of the Act shall be accompanied by a copy of the relevant statement referred to in subrule (a) above. |
| (c) | Payments referred to in subrule (a) shall annually be made to the Council during March and September to reach the Council not later than the last business day of each of the said months. |
| 32. | Payment of moneys |
| (a) | Any amount payable to the Council in terms of the Act or these Rules shall be paid by electronic funds transfer or money order made out in favour of or for the credit of the Agricultural Produce Agents Council. |
| 33. | Address of Council |
| (a) | The address of the Council shall— |
| (i) | for the purposes of documents forwarded by post, be P.O. Box Suite, Private Bag X025, Lynnwood, 0081; |
| (ii) | for the purposes of documents delivered by hand, be Acray House (Unit 7 & 8), No 6 De Havilland Crescent, Meiring Naude Road, Persequor, Pretoria; and |
| (iii) | for purposes of notices and other communication: www.apacweb.org.za and [email protected] |
| 34. | Title of Rule |
| (a) | These Rules shall be called the Rules in respect of export agents, 2025. |