Section 2: Interpretation

2. Interpretation In this Act— “abattoir” has the same meaning as in the Meat Act; “Authority” means the Mauritius Meat Authority established under the Meat Act; “clearance” means a clearance given under section 18; “close season” means a period during which the hunting of deer is prohibited; “contract” means a tea contract or tobacco contract; “contractual tea year” means the period extending from 1 July of one year to 30 June of the following year; “contractual tobacco year” means the period extending from 1 March of one year to 28 or 29 February, as the case may be, of the following year; “co-operative society” means a society registered under the Co-operatives Act; “cultivator”— (a) means a person who cultivates, or causes to be cultivated, green leaf or tobacco; and (b) includes a métayer and a co-operative society; “game licence” has the same meaning as in the Wildlife and National Parks Act; “game venison” means venison derived from carcasses of deer which have been hunted under a game licence; “green leaf” means the green leaf of the camellia sinensis plant or bush, in its natural and unprocessed state; ”leaf tobacco”— (a) means tobacco leaf which is in the process of being cured or which has been cured; and (b) includes tobacco in the form of strips and stems or such other form as NAPRO may approve; “licence” means a licence issued under section 9; “meat”— (a) means the carcass, offal or other edible parts of an animal; but (b) does not include the edible parts of a bird, fish, hare or rabbit; “meat product” means any product derived from the processing of meat; [Issue 7] N2A – 2 Revised Laws of Mauritius “métayer” means a person who, under a tea contract with a cultivator, cultivates green leaf on the land of the cultivator, and undertakes to sell to that cultivator the green leaf cultivated on that land at such price as may be determined by NAPRO and published in the Gazette; “Minister” means the Minister to whom responsibility for the subject of agriculture is assigned; “NAPRO” means the National Agricultural Products Regulatory Office set up under section 4; “officer”— (a) means an officer of NAPRO; and (b) includes the officer-in-charge of NAPRO; “producer”— (a) means a person who is engaged in the production, preparation, manufacturing, processing and packing of tea products and tobacco products; but (b) does not include a cultivator; “regulated product” means a product specified in the First Schedule; “religious ceremony” means a religious ceremony specified in the Second Schedule; “sell” includes— (a) sell by auction; (b) offer to sell; (c) expose, display or advertise for sale; (d) exchange or dispose of for any valuable consideration; “slaughterhouse” means premises or any other place used to slaughter or kill an animal to obtain meat; “supervising officer” means the supervising officer of the Ministry; “tea” means the camellia sinensis plant or bush; “tea contract” or “tobacco contract” means a contract entered into in accordance with section 15; “tea product” means the product derived from the processing of green leaf; “tobacco” means a plant belonging to the species nicotiana tabacum or nicotiana rustica; “tobacco product” means tobacco which has undergone processing for use as cigarettes, cigars, snuff, chewing tobacco, and in such other form as may be approved by NAPRO; “venison” includes game venison; N2A – 3 [Issue 6] National Agricultural Products Regulatory Office Act “venison dealer” means a person who holds nce with section 15; “tea product” means the product derived from the processing of green leaf; “tobacco” means a plant belonging to the species nicotiana tabacum or nicotiana rustica; “tobacco product” means tobacco which has undergone processing for use as cigarettes, cigars, snuff, chewing tobacco, and in such other form as may be approved by NAPRO; “venison” includes game venison; N2A – 3 [Issue 6] National Agricultural Products Regulatory Office Act “venison dealer” means a person who holds a licence to sell venison by wholesale; “venison retailer” means a person who holds a licence to sell venison by retail.