1.       Short title

            This Act may be cited as the Trade Act.

2.       Interpretation

            In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—

            "authorised officer" means a person so designated under section 23;

            "bulk" means quantities of goods as packaged by the manufacturer and not broken up into smaller quantities or single units, save that in the case of high value items such as fridges, furniture and bicycles, a wholesaler may sell an item in smaller quantities or single units;

            "council" means a city or town council established under the Townships Act or a district council established under the Local Government (District Councils) Act;

            "fronting" means obtaining a licence to enable another person, who would otherwise not qualify to obtain such a licence, to run a business;

            "licensee" means a person to whom a licence has been issued under this Act;

            "licensing committee" means a committee of a council established under section 4, which committee issues licences under section 11;

            "medium enterprise" means a business entity with such annual turnover and staff complement as the Minister may, by order published in the Gazette, prescribe;

            "micro enterprise" means a business entity with such annual turnover
and staff complement as the Minister may, by order published in
the Gazette, prescribe;

            "register" means a register kept in accordance with section 11(b);

            "region" means an area made up of districts in the same geographical area;

            "sell" means to sell by retail or wholesale and includes to barter, exchange, offer or expose for sale;

            "small enterprise" means a business entity with such annual turnover
and staff complement as the Minister may, by order published in
the Gazette, prescribe; and

            "trade" means to carry on the business of selling goods or services;