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Sugar Act, 1978 (Act No. 9 of 1978)
Notice No. 438 of 1978
Act
1. Definitions
2. Incorporation of South African Sugar Association
3. Transfer of assets, liabilities, rights and obligations
4. Sugar Industry Agreement
5. Equality of treatment of growers, millers and refiners
6. Powers of Association with regard to prices and surcharge
7. Penalties
8. Jurisdiction of magistrate's court
9. Minister may effect certain amendments to Schedules
10. Regulations
11. Repeals and savings
12. Short title and commencement
Schedules
Schedule 1
Schedule 2
Notices
Pest, Disease and Variety Control
Notice No. 390 of 2020
Notice No. 208 of 2021
Notice No. 1932 of 2022
Notice No. 4459 of 2024
Notice of Designation of the Sugar Industry in terms of Section 10(3)(b)(iv) of the Competition Act, 1998 (Act No. 89 of 1998)
Notice No. R. 700 of 2020
Explanatory Memo: Matters relating to the Sugar Industry: Development of a Sugar Masterplan, Designation of the Industry in terms of the Competition Act and amendments to the South African Sugar Association's Constitution and the Sugar Industry Agreement
Part 1 : Context and an industry vision
Part 2 : Designation of the Sugar industry
Part 3 : Amendemnts to the Sugar Industry Agreement and the South African Sugar Association's Constitution
Sugar Industry Agreement, 2000
Notice No. 3425 of 2000
Chapter 1 : Introduction and Scope of Agreement
1. Definitions
2. Date of commencement
3 - 9. Scope of Agreement
Chapter 2 : The Sugar Industry Administration Board, The Sugar Industry Appeals Tribunal and Mill Group Boards
10 - 14. Sugar Industry Administration Board
15 - 16. Functions of Administration Board
17 - 21. Proceedings of Administration Board
22 - 32. Sugar Industry Appeals Tribunal
33 - 35. Functions of Appeals Tribunal
36 - 46. Proceedings of Appeals Tribunal
47. Appeal Against Finding of Appeals Tribunal
48. Secretaries to Administration Board and Appeals Tribunal
49. Expenses of Administration Board and Appeals Tribunal
50 - 51. Mill Group Boards
52 - 57. Functions of Mill Group Boards
58 - 64. Appointment of Members of Mill Group Boards
65. Mill Group Boards Responsible to Administration Board
66 - 67. Appeals Against Decisions of Mill Group Boards
68. Expenses of Mill Group Boards
Chapter 3 : Production of Cane
69 - 70. Growers' Register
71. Growers' Right to Deliver Cane
72 - 73. Seed Cane
74. Permanent Closing Down or Resiting of Mill
75 - 76. Control of Pests and Diseases and Varieties of Cane
77 - 81. Pests and Diseases and the Compulsory Harvesting or Destruction of Cane
82 - 86. Varieties of Cane
87. Compensation for Eradication of Cane
88. Local Pest, Disease and Variety Control Committees and Officers
89. Powers of Officers to Enter Upon Lands
90 - 95. Inspection of Land and Order to Eradicate Pests or Diseases
96. Service of Notice or Order
Chapter 4 : Supply of Cane
97 - 103. Cane Delivery Estimates
104 - 106. Cane Supply Agreements
107 - 108. Deliveries to Mills
109 - 114. Times and Modes of Delivery
115. Mill Receiving Facilities
116. Varieties of Cane
117. Condition of Cane
118. Road Maintenance
119 - 120. Rateable Deliveries
121. Special Delivery Allocations
122 - 123. Supply of Information to Mill Group Boards
124 - 125. Failure by a Grower to Submit Estimates or Information
126 - 129. Cane Diversions
130 - 132. Local Grower Councils
Chapter 5 : Payment for Cane
133. Payment for Cane
134 - 139. Cane Testing
140. Analysis of Cane Deliveries
141 - 142. Application of Adjusting Factors
143. Variations
144. Monthly Cane Delivery Statements
145 - 154. Relative Recoverable Value and Payment
155. Share of Filter Press Cake
156. Access to Data
157 - 159. Financing of Cane Testing Service
Chapter 6 : Determination and Distribution of Proceeds and Cane Prices
160 - 163. Interpretation
164. Determination of Gross Proceeds
165. Net Divisible Proceeds
166 - 168. Allocation of Share of Net Divisible Proceeds to Growing
169. Proceeds of Recoverable Value
170. Price for Recoverable Value of Cane
171 - 172. Provisional and Final Prices for Recoverable Value of Cane
173 - 174. Production Schedules
Chapter 7 : South African Sugar Association and Disposal of Crop
175 - 176. Industry Obligations
177 - 178. Determination of Local Market and Export Market
179 - 181. Exports
182 - 184. Redistribution of Local Market Proceeds
185. Carry-Over and Export Obligations
186. Financing Arrangements
187 - 189. Sugar Transport
190 - 194. Imposition of Levies
195. Small Cane Growers' Financial Aid Fund
196. Development Fund
197. Repeal of Sugar Industry Agreement, 1994
198 - 205. Transitional Provisions
206. Publication of this Agreement
"Minister"
means the Minister of Economic Affairs;
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