Agricultural Marketing (Import of Sugar) Regulations (L. N. No. 176 of 1989)

Supplement No. 3 to Gazette No. 71 of 15th Decemb er, 1989 gricultural Ma keting (Impo rt of Sugar) egulations, 1989 Legal Notice No. 176 of 1989 Published by the Authori ty IIis MlIIjesty the King on the advice of the Military Council Price: 10 Lisente 02058 1 699 - -- - - -- - LEGAL NOTICE NO. 176 OF 1989 Ag ricultural lIIar ' .e li ng (Import of Sugar) Regulations, 1989 In exercise of the Dowers conferred on me by se ct ion 4 of th e Agricu lt u ral Marketing Act 1DG7, I , Daniel Rakoro Phororo Mini ster of Agrtculture , Co-operati ves and Marketing make the following regulations : 1. Th ese rcgulntions may be cited as the Agricultural Mar keting (I mport of Suga r) Rcgu lnt ions ,W89 and shall come in to operatio n un the date 01 thei r publication in the Gazette. Citation aDd commence ment ImportalliOll of sugar Orfenoes and J)I.1M!l.lft In t hese r egulations unless th e context otherwise re- Interpreta uon 2. quires, "refi ned sugar" means su gar wh ich comp lies substa nti ally with t he followi ng specif'ication : Po la ri zat ion , no t less than DO.9° S cond ucti vity ash (5 degrees BX solution) not greate r than 0.03%; INCUMSA colour , not mo re than 125 (so lut ion is not fil tered nor dea oratcd but left to stand for one hour prior to colou r measuremen t) ; "spe cialty sugar" means any of the following products , nam ely, golde n brown, soft bro wn , VBP (very high polarit y ) the production of whi ch involves processing ot he r than normal mill ing an d refining; "sugar" includes re fined sugar or spe cia lty sugar. 3. (l) l\. person wishing to obtain supplies of sugar from sources other th an Lesoth o F'lour Mills through it s subsidiary Le sotho Suga r Packers. sha ll do so only when in possess ion of a per mit. (2 ) Every application for a pe rmit under sub-regulation , J ) shall he addressed 10 th e P ri nc ipal Se creta ry for the Mini stry of Agr icu ltu re and Mar keting. (3 ) Every pe rmi t issued under th is r egulation sha ll be valid only in th e di strict of issue and impor ted suga r shall come In through bord er post spccif' icd in the perm it , 4. (1) A person who con travenes any provision s of these regulati ons is guilty of an offence and liabl e on conviction to a fin e of five hud rcd Mal oti or s ix mont hs imprisonment. (2 ) Where a person is convicted under sub-regulation (I}, In add it ion 10 any othor penalty, the court may ord er that any sugnr to which the con viction relates shall be forfeited to the Crown. Daniel Rak01'O Phororo. r. inistcr of Agr iculture, Co-operatlvcs and Marketing.