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:

“cultivar”

means a type of Olea europaea tree which may include cultivars such as Mission, Leccina, Frantoio, Coratina, Kalamata or any other recognised Olea europaea cultivar;

“fresh olives”

means the unprocessed fruits of the Olea europaea to be used for the production of table olives, olive paste or olive oil;

“grower”

means any entity involved in growing the Olea europaea to be sold for commercial gain, i.e. nurseries

“olive oil processor”

means the entity which extracts olive oil from fresh olives;

“olive products”

means the processed products obtained from fresh olives, namely table olives, extra virgin olive oil and virgin olive oil.

“olive trees”

means Olea europaea trees of any cultivar;

“olives”

means the fruits of the Olea europaea;

“processed olive products”

means the fruits which have been processed and are ready for consumption;

“processed table olives”

means olives that have been processed and are ready for consumption;

“producer”

means the entity which grows olive trees to produce fresh olives for commercial gain;

“table olive packer”

means the entity which buys in processed table olives in bulk and packages these olives for resale;

“table olive processor”

means the entity which converts the fresh olives into product which can be consumed;

“The Act”

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

“virgin olive oil”

means olive oil which conforms to all the conditions set out by the International Olive Council (IOC) for extra virgin olive oil.

A person shall have a choice to register as either a producer or as an importer and/or a processor. A person who is a producer as well as an importer and/or a processor must register as a producer and as an importer and/or a processor.