Last Updated: 1 August 2020
[LG 149,720] Interpretation2
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- fruit and vegetables
means fresh fruit and vegetables, and includes root crops;
- fish
means—
- (a)fresh, dried or smoked fish;
- (b)fresh turtle; and
- (c)shellfish;
- groceries
means—
- (a)potatoes, onions, garlic, dhal, peas, spices, rice, edible oil, ghee, imported fruits, Fiji tobacco, bessan, vermicelli, sultanas, agarbatti, suji, dates, eggs, peanuts, tamarind, chicken mash, camphor and yaqona; and
- (b)such other grocery items as the Council may by resolution permit to be sold in the market;
- handicrafts
means—
- (a)mats, baskets, jewellery, beaded purses, souvenirs, woodcarvings and other ornamental articles, all locally manufactured;
- (b)wares and curios of Pacific Island origin; and
- (c)such other handicraft articles as the Council may, by resolution, permit to be sold in the market;
- market
means the Sigatoka market building and its surrounding as indicated by notice boards;
- market master
means—
- (a)the person appointed by the Council as market master; and
- (b)any attendant appointed by the Council to assist the market master;
- sell
includes display or offer for sale;
- shellfish
means edible molluscs and crustaceans;
- stall
includes any place in the market set aside by the Council for the sale of merchandise; and
- stallholder
means—
- (a)the person in whose name the receipt for the stall charges is issued; or
- (b)the person in charge of the stall with the permission of the person specified in paragraph (a) and the market master.
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