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Act of Parliament · As enacted

Tea Research Board (Amendment) Act 2019

Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.

Official translationFrom Department of Government Printing, unchanged

s 1Short title

This Act may be cited as the Tea Research Board

(Amendment) Act, No. 8 of 2019.

s 2Amendment of section 5 of the Act, No. 52 of 1993

Section 5 of the Tea Research Board Act, No. 52 of 1993 (hereinafter referred to as the “principal enactment”)

is hereby amended by the substitution for paragraph (a), of the following paragraph:–

“(a)

to conduct, assist and encourage scientific and technological research in, and investigations of, all matters pertaining to the production and manufacture of tea, including the prevention and control of diseases and pests affecting tea, conservation of soil in tea lands, quality of fertilizer used, maintaining the quality of tea planting material, assessing and dealing with the impact of climate change and diversification of tea products;

and to disseminate and publish at its discretion, the results of such research to the Tea Small Holdings

Development Authority established by the Tea

Small Holdings Development Law, No.35 of 1975, to tea small holders, large scale estate sector and to other stakeholders;”.

s 3Amendment of section 6 of the principal enactment

Section 6 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows:-

(1)

by the insertion, immediately after paragraph (j)

thereof, of the following new paragraph:-

“(k) (i) to prevent the import of any tea planting material except under the authority of a Plant Importation Permit issued to the

Director of the Tea Research Institute by the Director General of the

Department of Agriculture under the

Plant Protection Act, No. 35 of 1999

and in the case of export, to issue a phytosanitary certificate on the request of the country of import;

(ii)

For the purpose of this paragraph “ tea planting material” includes any kind of planting material that may be capable of being used directly as propagules including cuttings, shoots, scions, stumps, seeds, in vitro cultures

(micro propagules) or any kind of plant material that can be regenerated to produce plants indirectly, including any form of somatic or reproductive tissue, organ and also germplasm, improved variety, cultivar, wild form of tea from any living portion of any tea plant capable of being used for propagation;”; and

(2)

by renumbering paragraphs (k), (l), (m), (n) and (o)

as paragraphs (l), (m), (n), (o) and (p) of that section.

s 4Amendment of section 7 of the principal enactment

Section 7 of the principal enactment is hereby amended by the repeal of paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of that section and the substitution therefor of the following:-

“(b)

the following nominated members appointed by the Minister, namely –

(i)

a representative of the Ministry of the

Minister in charge of the subject of

Plantation Industries, nominated by that

Minister;

(ii)

a representative of the Ministry of the

Minister in charge of the subject of

Finance not below the rank of a Senior

Assistant Secretary, nominated by that

Minister;

(iii)

a representative of the Sri Lanka Tea

Board established by the Sri Lanka Tea

Board Law, No.14 of 1975, nominated by such Board;

(iv)

a representative of the Tea Small

Holdings Development Authority established by the Tea Small Holdings

Development Law, No. 35 of 1975, nominated by such Authority;

(v)

two members nominated by the Minister in charge of the subject of Plantation

Industries from amongst persons having sufficient knowledge and experience in research and development in the

Agricultural Sector;

(vi)

a representative of the Planters'

Association of Ceylon established by the Planters' Association of Ceylon

Ordinance (Chapter 291), nominated by such Association;

(vii)

two members representing the Trade

Unions, who shall be selected on such criteria as may be determined by the

Minister in charge of the subject of

Plantation Industries;

For the purpose of this sub-paragraph

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

Ordinance (Chapter 138);

(viii)

a representative of the Sri Lanka

Federation of Tea Small Holdings

Development Societies established under the Tea Small Holdings

Development Law, No. 35 of 1975, nominated by that Federation; and

(ix)

a representative of the Sri Lanka Tea

Factory Owners’ Association, nominated by that Association.”.

s 5Sinhala text to prevail in case of inconsistency

In the event of any inconsistency between the Sinhala and Tamil texts of this Act, the Sinhala text shall prevail.