Section 56A: Temporary measures during COVID-19 period
This section is inserted by Act No 1 of 2020, section 52.
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56A. Temporary measures during COVID-19 period
(1) The crop year for year 2020 shall start on 1 February
2020 and end on 28 February 2021.
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(2) Notwithstanding section 24(4), the general insurance
premium and the provisional estimate for crop year starting on
28 February 2020 shall be recovered –
(a) through the Syndicate on or before 15 July 2020
of the crop year for which the premium is payable; or
(b) from the insured after 15 July 2020.
(3) Notwithstanding section 40(2), every planter or
métayer shall, not later than such period as may be prescribed after
the COVID-19 period lapses, register with the Board all his cane
plantations for the following crop year.
(4) Notwithstanding this Act, a crop year shall, on account
of the COVID-19 period, start on such date as the Minister may
determine and end on the following year on such date as the Minister
may determine, provided that it does not end not later than 30 April
in that following year.
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Questions this section answers
- Was the sugar crop year for 2020 extended because of the COVID-19 period?
- When do I have to register my cane plantations with the Board under the COVID-19 rules?