• Sugar Act, 1978 (Act No. 9 of 1978)
    • Notice No. 438 of 1978
    • Act
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. Incorporation of South African Sugar Association
    • 3. Transfer of assets, liabilities, rights and obligations
    • 4. Sugar Industry Agreement
    • 5. Equality of treatment of growers, millers and refiners
    • 6. Powers of Association  with regard to prices and surcharge
    • 7. Penalties
    • 8. Jurisdiction of magistrate's court
    • 9. Minister may effect certain amendments to Schedules
    • 10. Regulations
    • 11. Repeals and savings
    • 12. Short title and commencement
    • Schedules
      • Schedule 1
      • Schedule 2
  • Notices
    • Pest, Disease and Variety Control
      • Notice No. 390 of 2020
      • Notice No. 208 of 2021
      • Notice No. 1932 of 2022
      • Notice No. 4459 of 2024
    • Notice of Designation of the Sugar Industry in terms of Section 10(3)(b)(iv) of the Competition Act, 1998 (Act No. 89 of 1998)
      • Notice No. R. 700 of 2020
      • Explanatory Memo: Matters relating to the Sugar Industry: Development of a Sugar Masterplan, Designation of the Industry in terms of the Competition Act and amendments to the South African Sugar Association's Constitution and the Sugar Industry Agreement
      • Part 1 : Context and an industry vision
      • Part 2 : Designation of the Sugar industry
      • Part 3 : Amendemnts to the Sugar Industry Agreement and the South African Sugar Association's Constitution
  • Sugar Industry Agreement, 2000
    • Notice No. 3425 of 2000
    • Chapter 1 : Introduction and Scope of Agreement
      • 1. Definitions
      • 2. Date of commencement
      • 3 - 9. Scope of Agreement
    • Chapter 2 : The Sugar Industry Administration Board, The Sugar Industry Appeals Tribunal and Mill Group Boards
      • 10 - 14. Sugar Industry Administration Board
      • 15 - 16. Functions of Administration Board
      • 17 - 21. Proceedings of Administration Board
      • 22 - 32. Sugar Industry Appeals Tribunal
      • 33 - 35. Functions of Appeals Tribunal
      • 36 - 46. Proceedings of Appeals Tribunal
      • 47. Appeal Against Finding of Appeals Tribunal
      • 48. Secretaries to Administration Board and Appeals Tribunal
      • 49. Expenses of Administration Board and Appeals Tribunal
      • 50 - 51. Mill Group Boards
      • 52 - 57. Functions of Mill Group Boards
      • 58 - 64. Appointment of Members of Mill Group Boards
      • 65. Mill Group Boards Responsible to Administration Board
      • 66 - 67. Appeals Against Decisions of Mill Group Boards
      • 68. Expenses of Mill Group Boards
    • Chapter 3 : Production of Cane
      • 69 - 70. Growers' Register
      • 71. Growers' Right to Deliver Cane
      • 72 - 73. Seed Cane
      • 74. Permanent Closing Down or Resiting of Mill
      • 75 - 76. Control of Pests and Diseases and Varieties of Cane
      • 77 - 81. Pests and Diseases and the Compulsory Harvesting or Destruction of Cane
      • 82 - 86. Varieties of Cane
      • 87. Compensation for Eradication of Cane
      • 88. Local Pest, Disease and Variety Control Committees and Officers
      • 89. Powers of Officers to Enter Upon Lands
      • 90 - 95. Inspection of Land and Order to Eradicate Pests or Diseases
      • 96. Service of Notice or Order 
    • Chapter 4 : Supply of Cane
      • 97 - 103. Cane Delivery Estimates
      • 104 - 106. Cane Supply Agreements
      • 107 - 108. Deliveries to Mills
      • 109 - 114. Times and Modes of Delivery
      • 115. Mill Receiving Facilities
      • 116. Varieties of Cane
      • 117. Condition of Cane
      • 118. Road Maintenance
      • 119 - 120. Rateable Deliveries
      • 121. Special Delivery Allocations
      • 122 - 123. Supply of Information to Mill Group Boards
      • 124 - 125. Failure by a Grower to Submit Estimates or Information
      • 126 - 129. Cane Diversions
      • 130 - 132. Local Grower Councils
    • Chapter 5 : Payment for Cane
      • 133. Payment for Cane
      • 134 - 139. Cane Testing
      • 140. Analysis of Cane Deliveries
      • 141 - 142. Application of Adjusting Factors
      • 143. Variations
      • 144. Monthly Cane Delivery Statements
      • 145 - 154. Relative Recoverable Value and Payment
      • 155. Share of Filter Press Cake
      • 156. Access to Data
      • 157 - 159. Financing of Cane Testing Service
    • Chapter 6 : Determination and Distribution of Proceeds and Cane Prices
      • 160 - 163. Interpretation
      • 164. Determination of Gross Proceeds
      • 165. Net Divisible Proceeds
      • 166 - 168. Allocation of Share of Net Divisible Proceeds to Growing
      • 169. Proceeds of Recoverable Value
      • 170. Price for Recoverable Value of Cane
      • 171 - 172. Provisional and Final Prices for Recoverable Value of Cane
      • 173 - 174. Production Schedules
    • Chapter 7 : South African Sugar Association and Disposal of Crop
      • 175 - 176. Industry Obligations
      • 177 - 178. Determination of Local Market and Export Market
      • 179 - 181. Exports
      • 182 - 184. Redistribution of Local Market Proceeds
      • 185. Carry-Over and Export Obligations
      • 186. Financing Arrangements
      • 187 - 189. Sugar Transport
      • 190 - 194. Imposition of Levies
      • 195. Small Cane Growers' Financial Aid Fund
      • 196. Development Fund
      • 197. Repeal of Sugar Industry Agreement, 1994
      • 198 - 205. Transitional Provisions
      • 206. Publication of this Agreement