Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

2.   Interpretation

In this Act—

“additional asset” means any tangible asset, excluding land, that belongs to a farmer, trader or related business, pertaining directly or indirectly to agricultural production, processing or trade, all accounts receivable, chattel paper, warehouse receipts, both negotiable and non-negotiable, promissory notes and includes savings accounts on deposit with any bank, credit union, savings institution or other similar organisation;

“agricultural charge” means a charge, lien or assignment created under section 3;

“agricultural commodity” means anything derived directly or indirectly from agricultural production;

“agricultural production” means crop production, animal husbandry, game ranching, aquaculture, mariculture, horticulture or forestry;

“farmer” includes any person who, as owner or tenant of land uses such land for agricultural production whether for profit or subsistence, and a fisherman;

“farming stock” includes—

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   (a)     all agricultural commodities, whether future growing or severed from the land or water bodies, and after severance whether subjected to any treatment or manufacture;

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   (b)     livestock and bees, and the produce and progeny of them;

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   (c)     wild animals in captivity;

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   (d)     fish stocks;

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   (e)     timber both standing or cut;

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   (f)     seeds and manures;

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   (g)     fertilizers, pesticides, oils, and fuels;

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   (h)     agricultural vehicles, trucks, spare parts, machinery, equipment and other plant;

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   (i)     any agricultural fixture that a tenant, or any person legally occupying land, may by law be authorised to remove; or

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   (j)     food and fibre;

“holder” means a person in whose favour an agricultural charge is created, and includes the executors, administrators and assignees of that person;

“Minister” means Minister responsible for agriculture;

“other agricultural assets” mean any right of a tenant, including any right to compensation for improvements;

“person” includes a body corporate or an unincorporated body;

“prescribed” means prescribed in regulations made under this Act;

“Registrar” means the Registrar of Agricultural Charges appointed under section 8;

“Register” means the Register of Agricultural Charges maintained under section 8;

“related business” means an individual, a company, a co-operative, a partnership, an association and any group of persons acting in concert whether or not incorporated, who or which, as the case may be, gives loans to farmers for the purchase of inputs or other items required for agricultural production;

“trader” means any person who, as a broker, dealer, or otherwise, acquires from a farmer or any other person, through purchase or otherwise for the purpose of resale, processing or manufacturing any agricultural commodity.