Section 13A: Sugar Cane Sustainability Fund
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13A. Sugar Cane Sustainability Fund
(1) There shall be a Sugar Cane Sustainability Fund for the purposes of
fostering the production of sugar cane and bagasse.
(2) The Sugar Cane Sustainability Fund shall be managed by the Mauritius
Cane Industry Authority.
(3) (a) Any contributions made on a yearly basis by such bodies as may
be prescribed shall be credited to the Sugar Cane Sustainability Fund.
(b) Any contribution referred to in paragraph (a) shall be made on or
before 1 March of every year and in such amount as may be prescribed.
(4) Subject to subsection (6), the Mauritius Cane Industry Authority shall,
on such terms and conditions as may be prescribed, effect payment to planters
on or before 31 March of every year.
(5) Where the Mauritius Cane Industry Authority is satisfied that a planter
has registered himself with the Sugar Insurance Fund as from crop year
2015 for the sole purpose of obtaining payments under this section, it shall
not effect such payment to the planter.
(6) Any planter in a regrouping scheme under SPRP shall, for the purpose
of any payment under this section, be considered on an individual basis.
(7) In this section—
“planter” means a planter registered with the Sugar Insurance Fund on
or before 31 May 2015.
[S. 13A inserted by s. 5 of Act 34 of 2016 w.e.f. 1 January 2017.]