Section 2: Interpretation

2. Interpretation In this Act— “Board” means the Tea Board established by section 3; “Chairperson” means the Chairperson of the Board; “co-operative society” means a co-operative society registered under the Co-operatives Act; “employee” means an employee of the Board; “Fund” means the Tea Fund referred to in section 6; “green leaf” means the green leaf of the camellia sinensis plant or bush, in its natural and unprocessed state; “manufacturer” means a person engaged in the commercial processing of green leaf; “member” means a member of the Board and includes the Chairperson; T3 – 1 [Issue 1] Tea Industry Control Act “métayer” means a person who, by agreement with a planter, cultivates tea on the land of the planter and makes over to the planter a portion of the produce, with or without additional payment; “Minister” means the Minister to whom responsibility for the subject of agriculture is assigned; “officer” means an employee who performs administrative or technical duties; “Permanent Secretary” means the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry; “planter” means a person— (a) engaged in producing green leaf, and includes a métayer; or (b) who cultivated tea on a plot of land before 1 July 1993 and has since put that land to other agricultural use; “substandard tea” means tea in which chemical analysis detects the presence of an undesirable substance or particle material, including tea waste, the characteristics of which do not conform to the limits specified in the Schedule; “tea” means the product derived from the commercial processing of green leaf; “tea waste” means tea sweepings, tea fluff, tea fibre, tea stalks or an article purporting to be tea collected during the process of manufacture, sorting and storage of tea. [S. 2 amended by Act 24 of 1997.]