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3. Amendment of section 6 of the principal enactment

Official English translation. The Sinhala text prevails. Open the official Sinhala text, official PDF on documents.gov.lk

Section 6 of the principal enactment as amended by

Act, No. 76 of 1981 and Act, No. 5 of 1987 is hereby further amended as follows :—

(1)

by the repeal of subsection (1) thereof and the substitution therefor of the following new subsection :—

“(1)

the Institute shall have a Board of Governors

(hereinafter referred to as the “Board”)

consisting of —

(a)

the following ex-officio members, namely—

(i)

the person holding office for the time being as the Director of the National

Institute of Plantation Management appointed under section 16 of this Act ;

(ii)

the person holding office for the time being as the Director of the Tea

Research Institute established by Act

No 52 of 1993 ;

(iii)

the person holding office for the time being as the Director of the Rubber

Research Institute; and

(iv)

the person holding office for the time being as the Director of the Coconut

Research Institute ;

(b)

the following nominated members appointed by the Minister, namely :—

(i)

a representative of the Tea Small

Holdings Development Authority established by the Tea Small Holdings

Development Authority Law, No. 35

of 1975, nominated by such

Authority ;

National Institute of Plantation Management

(ii)

a representative of the Planters’

Association of Ceylon established by the Planters’ Association of Ceylon

Ordinance (Capter 291), nominated by such Association in consultation with the Tea Association of Sri Lanka

(TASL) ;

(iii)

two representatives of the Ministry of the Minister in charge of the subject of Plantation Industries, nominated by that Minister ;

(iv)

two members representing Trade

Unions, which shall be selected on such criteria as may be determined by the Minister in charge of the subject of Plantation Industries ;

For the purposes of this sub-paragraph

“Trade Union” shall have the same meaning as in the Trade Unions

Ordinance (Chapter 138);

(v)

a representative of the Ministry of the

Minister in charge of the subject of

Fiance, nominated by the Minister ;

(vi)

one member, nominated by the

Federation of Tea Small Holdings

Development Societies in consultation with the Tea Association of Sri Lanka

(TASL);

(vii)

one member nominated by the Private

Tea Factory Owners’ Association, in consultation with the Tea Association of Sri Lanka (TASL) ;

(viii)

a representative of the Thursaviya

Societies, registered under the

Thurusaviya Fund Act, No. 23 of 2000, nominated by such societies ;

(ix)

a representative of the Coconut

Growers Association nominated by such Association.”;

(2)

by the repeal of subsection (2) of that section, and the substitution therefor of the following subsection :—

“(2)

(a)

The Minister shall appoint a Chairman from amongst the appointed members of the Board.

(b)

The Chairman may resign from the office of

Chairman by letter in that behalf addressed to the

Minister.

(c)

The Minister may, for reasons assigned, remove the Chairman from the office of Chairman.

(d)

Subject to the provisions of paragraphs (b)

and (c), the term of office of the Chairman shall be his period of membership of the Board.”.

(3)

in paragraph (a) of subsection (4) of that section, by the substitution for the words and figure “under paragraph (c) of subsection (1)”, of the words and figure “under paragraph (b) of subsection (1)”; and

(4)

in subsection (5) of that section, by the substitution for the words and figure “under paragraph (b) of subsection (1)”, of the words and figure “under paragraph (a) of subsection (1)”.

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