Section 5: Objects of Board
consolidated text (as at 1997). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
5. Objects of Board
The objects of the Board shall be to—
(a) promote and encourage cooperation, education, research and
development in relation to the production and marketing of tea;
(b) regulate and control the activities of the tea industry with special
regard to—
(i) the production of green leaf, manufacture, marketing, import
and export of tea;
(ii) the price to be paid for tea or green leaf; and
(iii) the conditions of contracts entered into by planters,
métayers and manufacturers;
(c) arbitrate disputes between persons engaged in or connected
with the tea industry; and
(d) assist a planter to diversify to other agricultural activities.
[S. 5 amended by Act 24 of 1997.]