In this Act, unless the context otherwise indicates—

"board"

means the Perishable Products Export Control Board mentioned in section 2;

"exporter"

means any person who despatches or conveys a perishable product by ship out of the Republic or makes any arrangement for the despatch or conveyance of a perishable product out of the Republic; and "export" has a corresponding meaning;

"export group"

means any association of exporters formed in respect of a specific perishable product or group of products intended for export;

"general manager"

means the general manager mentioned in section 13;

"Minister"

means the Minister of Transport Affairs;

"perishable product"

means any of the following products intended for export, and any by-product derived from such product, where such product or by-product requires storage in refrigerated chambers or requires to be conveyed under cold storage conditions, namely, vegetables, fruit, flowers, butter, deepfrozen foods, eggs, cheese, fish (including shellfish and crustaceans), meat and any other product which the Minister may by notice in the Gazette declare to be a perishable product;

"port"

means a seaport or an airport;

"regulation"

means a regulation made under this Act;

"ship"

includes aircraft; and "shipment", "shipowner", "shipped", "shipping" and "shipping space" have corresponding meanings.