Chairperson, Deputy President, Ministers, members, colleagues, this Bill seeks to provide for licensing of facilities that manufacture feed and fertilizers. It also seeks to provide for the registration of feed additives, raw material and imported fertilizers to provide for the establishment of a technical standards advisory council. It further seeks to provide for matters connected therewith.
Our Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, having considered the Fertilizers and Feeds Bill of 2012, referred to and classified by the Joint Tagging Mechanism as a section 76 Bill, recommends as follows: that the department considers redrafting the Bill, taking into consideration all the concerns that were raised during the public participation process, and reintroducing the Bill in Parliament; that the department engages in further consultation with stakeholders that were left out during the initial drafting process of the Bill, such as the aquaculture industry, the Citrus Growers Association, the poultry industry, developing farmers and other industry players, including rural communities; that the department revises the definitions in the Bill, as some are ambiguous and others not included - for example, those that relate to aquaculture; that the department ensures that matters relating to the regulation of fertilizers are also as extensively covered in the Bill as those relating to feeds, alternatively that it considers splitting the Bill into two; and that the department revises the cost implications for the implementation of the Bill. I submit the Bill for consideration and adoption. Thank you.
There was no debate.
House Chairperson, I move on behalf of the Chief Whip of the Majority Party:
That the Report be adopted.
Motion agreed to.
Report accordingly adopted.