Section 59
Transitional provisions
of Agriculture Fertilizer Enactment 2025
Any person who, on the date of the coming into operation of this
Enactment, manufactures, imports, exports or sells fertilizer, fertilizer supplement or raw materials to make fertilizer and intends to continue to manufacture, import, export or sell such fertilizer, fertilizer supplement or raw materials to make fertilizer shall —
(a)
within six months from the date of the coming into operation of this Enactment, apply for a registration or licence to manufacture, import, export or sell fertilizer, fertilizer supplement or raw materials to make fertilizer; or
(b)
within three months from the date of coming into operation of this Enactment, apply for a permit to import fertilizer, fertilizer supplement or raw materials to make fertilizer for educational or
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research purposes or as a registration sample or as a reference material, in accordance with the provisions of this Enactment.
(2)
Upon receipt of an application under subsection (1) the Director shall issue an acknowledgement of receipt to such person.
(3)
The person mentioned under subsection (1) may continue to undertake such activities —
(a)
pending the determination of his application for a registration or issuance of licence or permit; or
(b)
pending the determination of an appeal to the Minister against any refusal of the Director to approve any registration or to issue any licence or permit under this Enactment.