Marketing of Agricultural Products Act, 1996 (Act No. 47 of 1996) Notices 2025 Notices Wine Industry: Amendment of Statutory Measures and Determination of Guideline Prices 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 indicates otherwise:

 

“bottler”

means any person who renders services in respect of bottling, stabilising, blending, filtering, labelling or storage on behalf of wine producers or wine traders, but is not registered as such;

 

"brandy levy"

means the statutory levy referred to in clause 9;

 

“certified”

means granted authorization in terms of a scheme for the use of particulars referred to in section 11(3)(a) of the Liquor Products Act, 1989 (Act No. 60 of 1989);

 

“Department”

means the Department of Agriculture;

 

"drinking wine"

includes grape juice used in the production of drinking wine, wine spirit added to drinking wine for fortification or other purposes, wine used in the production of other alcoholic products, low alcohol wine, de-alcoholised wine and alcohol-free wine;

 

"export levy"

means the statutory levy referred to in clause 8;

 

“export wine”

means drinking wine exported from the Republic of South Africa;

 

“grapes”

means grapes intended for the production of drinking wine or distilling wine;

 

“grape juice”

means grape juice and grape juice concentrate intended for use in drinking wine or other alcoholic products;

 

“grape producer”

means any producer of grapes intended for the production of drinking wine, industrial or distilling wine;

 

“in bulk”

means a container of more than five litres;

 

"industrial wine"

is wine not incorporated or transformed into other alcoholic beverages, such as wine used for vinegar, food, medical products, hand sanitizers, food sauces and household and vehicle cleaning products;

 

"registration measure"

means the statutory measure referred to in clause 5;

 

"research, development and information levy"

means the statutory levy referred to in clause 7;

 

"returns measure"

means the statutory measure referred to in clause 6;

 

“SA Wine”

means South Africa Wine NPC, a non-profit company in terms of the Companies Act, 2008 (Act No. 71 of 2008);

 

“SAWIS”

means the SA Wine Industry Information and Systems NPC, a non-profit company in terms of the Companies Act, 2008 (Act No. 71 of 2008);

 

"statutory measures"

means—

 

“the Act”

means the Marketing of Agricultural Products Act, 1996 (Act No. 47 of 1996), as amended;

 

“uncertified”

means not granted authorization in terms of a scheme for the use of particulars referred to in section 11(3)(a) of the Liquor Products Act, 1989 (Act No. 60 of 1989);

 

“vines”

means vines intended for the production of grapes;

 

“wine exporter”

means any person who exports drinking wine who is not registered as a wine producer or wine trader;

 

“wine producer”

means any person who crushes grapes and who is not registered as a wine trader;

 

“wine spirit”

means any spirit derived from wine, wine lees or husks; and

 

“wine trader”

means any person not registered as a wine producer who purchases or otherwise acquires—