Grain Marketing (Temporary Controlled Products Declaration) (Seed Cotton and Seed Cotton Products) Notice, 2012 (S.I. 106A of 2012)

19 Statutory Instrument 106A of 2012. fCAP. 18:14 Grain Marketing {Temporary Controlled Product5 Declaration) (Seed Cotton and Seed Cotton Products) Notice, 2012 IT is hereby notified that the Minister of Agriculture, Mechanisation and Irrigation Development has, in terms of section 29 of the Grain Marketing Act [Chapter 18:14], made the following notice: Tit/e l. This notice may be cited as the Grain Marketing (Temporary Controlled Products Declaration)(Seed Cotton and Seed Cotton Products) Notice, 2012. lnte,pretalion 2. (1) In this notice "seed cotton" means the fibre and seed of cotton as harvested by the grower from the cotton plant before they are ginned; "seed cotton products" means the by-products of seed cotton, cotton seed and cotton lint. (2) The terms "seed cotton contract", "grower", and "buyer" shall have the meaning given to them by the Agricultural Marketing Authority (Seed Cotton an~ Seed Cotton Products) Regulations, 2009, published in Statutory Instrument 142 of2009 (hereinafter referred to as the "Cotton Regulations"). Seed cotton and seed col/on products to be controlled products 3. ( 1) Notwithstanding, the provisions of the Cotton Regulations but subject to subsections (2) and (3), seed cotton and seed cotton products shall be controlled products in Zimbabwe during the 201 1/ 2012 cotton growing season. (2) Seed cotton contracts concluded between growers and buyers for the 2011/2012 cotton growing season shall be honoured to the extent specified in subsection (3). (3) If the contracted price under a seed cotton contract is less than the price fixed by the Minister pursuant to this notice, the buyer shall only be entitled to recover from the grower the cost of the 678A S.I. 106A of2012 contracted inputs unless the buyer pays a price equivalent to or in excess of the price fixed by the Minister in which event the buyer shall be entitled to the seed cotton or seed cotton products: Provided that in the event that a buyer who provided a grower with inputs for the purposes of growing seed cotton and seed cotton products, fails to pay an amount equivalent to the ~mount fixed by the Minister, he or she may make an application to the Grain Marketing Board for the reimbursement of the inputs that he or she provided the buyer, and shall be accordingly reimbursed. Supplemenl 10 !he limhalnvean Gm,emmenl Gazette Extraordinary dated the 8th June, 20/ 2. Printed by the Government Printer, HarC1re. 678B