Marketing of Agricultural Products Act, 1996 (Act No. 47 of 1996)NoticesContinuation and Establishment of Statutory Measures and Determination of Guideline Prices: Wine Industry : Effective 1 January 202212. Transformation levy |
| (1) | An empowerment and transformation levy is hereby continued to be imposed on all the products referred to in clause 3. |
| (2) | The amount of the empowerment and transformation levy shall be 20 % (twenty per cent) of all the levies referred to in clauses 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 |
| (3) | The transformation levy shall— |
| (a) | be payable by a wine producer in respect of— |
| (i) | drinking wine packaged in containers of 5 litres or less; |
| (ii) | wine spirit packaged in containers of 5 litres or less; |
| (iii) | wine spirit sold to another wine producer; |
| (iv) | wine spirit produced by a wine producer and used for fortification of that wine producer's own drinking wine; and |
| (b) | be payable by a wine trader in respect of— |
| (i) | grapes; |
| (ii) | grape juice concentrate in containers of more than 5 litres, acquired from a wine producer; |
| (iii) | drinking wine in containers of more than 5 litres, acquired from a wine producer; and |
| (iv) | distilling wine and wine spirit, in containers of more than 5 litres, acquired from a wine producer. |
| (4) | The transformation levy shall be payable to SAWIS, acting on behalf of the Transformation Unit, in accordance with subclause (5). |
| (5) | Payment of the transformation levy shall be made not later than sixty days following the month of delivery of a quantity of grapes, grape juice concentrate, distilling wine or wine spirit or drinking wine sold, purchased or otherwise acquired. |