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Laws of Jamaica

Agricultural Marketing Regulations

Made 1945-09-24 · Text as of 2026-10-01

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Language
English
Kind
Regulation
Organisation
Caribbean Community (CARICOM)
Country
Jamaica
Subjects
Cultivated plants
Keywords
agricultural development, plant production, non-governmental entity, registration, offences/penalties
Categories
agriculture

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  1. AGRICULTURAL MARKETING THE AGRICULTURAL MARKEllNG ACT DECLARATIONS (under section 3) REGULATIONS (under section 4) The Agricultural Marketing Regulations, 1945 DECLARATIONS (under section 5) ~RBSCRIBBD FORM (under section 7(3) ) Notice of Objection to Marketing Plan L.N. 68/45 1/48 112l48 81/51 Sol53 (Omfttcd) L.N. 8148 1 incl- of thia p.os is authorized by L.N. 411976) AGRICULTURAL MARKETING THE AGRICULTURAL MARKETING ACT 3 REGULATIONS (under section 4) THE AGRICULTURAL MARKETING REGULATIONS, 1945 (Made by the Governor in Executive Council on the 24th day of k;i68145 L.N. 7/48 September, 1945) 112148 81/51 50153 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Agricultural Marketing Regulations, 1945. 2. For the purposes of these Regulations “Registrar” means the Marketing Administrator. 3. The Registrar shall keep a register of producers of specified articles in the form set forth as Form 1 in the Schedule. Form 1. 4. Every producer of an article which has been declared by the Minister to be a specified article shall as soon as may be practicable after the date of such declaration make application to the Registrar in the form set forth as Form 2 in the Schedule to be registered as a producer ~ - 2 . of such specified article. 5. Every applicant for registration shall in his appl‘ication specify (1) the quantity of the specified article produced by him during the twelve months immediately preceding the date on which such article was declared to be specified; (2) the price for which he sold such specified article during the period of twelve months aforesaid; and (3) the channels through which he sold such specified artick during the said period of twehe months. 6.41) Where the Registrar is not satisfied with the information given in any application he shall by notice in writing require the applicant to furnish him with such further and better particulars concerning the matter required to be set out in the application as he may require. Every such notice may be posted to the applicant to the address stated in the application. iaclusim d tbL pploo h uuhoriztd by L.N 4/1974 4 THE AGRICULTURAL MARKETING REGULATIONS, INS (2) On the receipt of any such notice the applicant shall forthwith supply the Registrar with all such further and better particulars as are within the power of the applicant to supply. 7. The register shall, in respect of each specified article, come into force on a date five months after the date upon which any such article has been declared by the Minister to be a specified article and as from the date on which the register comes into force every producer of such article shall be required to be registered as a producer thereof. 8. Whehever the Registrar is satisfied that a person has by death or by reason of his ceasing to possess any interest in the lands on which a specified article is produced ceased to be a producer of a specified article he shall cause such person’s name to be deleted from the register. 9. Where a registered producer has by declaration satisfied the Regis trar that he has for the past two years ceased to produce the article in respect of which he is registered, then the Registrar shall delete the name of such registered producer from the register in respect of such article. 10. Every person who acquires, whether by purchase, transmission, descent or by any other means whatsoever, any interest in land in respect of which his immediate predecessor in title was a registered producer shall within two months of the date on which he acquired such interest make application to the Registrar in the form set forth as Form 3 in the Schedule to be registered as a producer in place of his predecessor in title and the Registrar shall on being satisfied of the change in the in terest in the land amend the register accordingly. 11. Whenever the Registrar is satisfied that anything in the register relating to any registered producer or to any of the matters referred to in paragraph (c) of subsection 2 of section 4 of the Act is incorrectly stated therein, he may rectify such entry in the register. Form 3. 12. No one shall be entitled to inspect or to search the register except by permission of the Registrar, which permission shall be in the dis cretion of the Registrar to grant or to withhold. 13. Any person who contravenes or fails to comply with any of the provisions of these Regulations shall be guilty of an offence against these Regulations and shall be liable on summary conviction before a Resident Magistrate to a fine not exceeding fifty dollars or to imprisonment with hard labour for any term not exceeding three months. P%e inclusion of thir page ia authorized by L.N. 4/1976l Name a article specifie THE AGRICULTURAL MARKETING REGULATIONS, 1945 late on hich de Ne spew fied article l a d t? ,. Name in full of produces !. Address of pro ducer SCHEDULE FOM 1 Register Description of land on fied article is produced Which ~peci. )uantity of u-hcle pro u d in pas1 I2 months (Regulation 3) Price for which sold luringpast 12 months Channels through Which ~psCi fied article sold during past 12 months 5 me inclusion of thia page ir autbori.ed by L.N. 4/19761 6 THE AGRICULTURAL MARKETING REGULATIONS, 1945 FORM 2 (Regulation 4) Application to Register To the Marketing Administrator, Kingston. Pursuant to regulation 4 of the Agricultural Marketing Regulations, 1945, I hereby make application to be rLgistered as a producer of the specified article ............................................................................................................... and subm:t the following particulars Name in full of applicant. Address of applicant. Description of land on which specified article is produced. Quantity of specified article produced by me during the past 12 months. Price .for whjch I sold the specified article during the past 12 months. Ohannels through which I sold the specified article durmg the past 12 months. Dated this day of 19 . ...................................................... Signature [The inclusion of this page is authorked by L.N. 4/1976] THE AGRICULTURAL MARKETING REGULATIONS, 1945 SCHEDULE, contd. FORM 3 (Regulation 10) Application to Register by Person who has acquired the Interest of a Registered Producer To the Marketing Administrator, Kingston. Pursuant to regulation 10 of the Agricultural Mark Ang Regulations, 1945, I hereby make application to be registered as a producer of in place of following particulars Name in full of applicant. Address of applicant. Name in full of registered producer from whom I have acquired the land. Description of land on which specified article is produced. a registered producer and I submit the How interest of registered pro ducer was acquired. Dated this day of 19 . ................................................ .. Signature 7 vhe inclusion of this page is authorized by L.N. 4119761 AGRICULTURAL MARKETING 9 THE AGRICULTURAL MARKETING ACT FORM (under section 7(3) ) (Prescribed by the Governor in Executive Council on the 29th day of L.N. 8/48 December, 1947) The following is hereby prescribed as the Form of Notice of Objec tion to a Marketing Plan. NOTICE OF OBJE~ION TO ~ ~ A R K E T I N G PLAN TAKE NOTICE that I .................................................................. of.. ...................................... ..in the parish of.. ............................ hereby give notice of my objection to the adoption of the marketing plan in relation to ................................. a specified article of agricultural produce AND TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the following are the grounds upon which I rely in support of my objection ............................................................................................. .............................................................................................. .............................................................................................. ............................................................ Signature of Objector me inclusion of this page is authorized by L.N. 4/1976]

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