(1) A producers’
committee shall credit to the account established under section 7(2) all
moneys received by the producers’ committee.
(2) Moneys received in
payment of charges imposed under this Act shall be applied exclusively for the
services in relation to which those charges were imposed.
(3) Despite subsection
(2), any amount which is no longer required by a producers’ committee
—
(a) to
be applied for the service in relation to which the charge was imposed; or
(b) to
defray the proper costs and expenses of the producers’ committee,
may be allocated by
the Commission to be applied for the provision of another service that the
committee is authorised to provide.
(4) The Commission
shall maintain proper books of account and records showing amounts credited to
the account referred to in subsection (1) and the manner in which the moneys
in that account are applied.
[Section 18 amended: No. 49 of 1996 s. 64; No. 20
of 2000 s. 20 and 31.]