12. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires-"Board" means the Tea Subsidy Advisory Board established under this Act; " cuttings " mean any such cuttings from any living portions of any tea plants as may be capable of being used for propagation; "Fund" means the Tea Subsidy Fund established under this Act; "green tea leaf" means the leaf, leaf buds! and immature stalks of the tea plant before they are subjected to any of the processes (excluding that known as withering) for conversion into made tea; "made tea" means tea manufactured from the leaves, leaf buds and immature stalks of the tea plant; " manufacture " when used with reference to green tea leaf, means any process by which such green tea leaf is converted into made tea; " prescribed " means prescribed by regulation; " proprietor ",-
| (a) when used with reference to any tea estate or tea small holding, means a person who has been registered or is deemed to have been registered as a proprietor of such estate or small holding under the Tea Control Act No. 51 of 1957; and |
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| (b) when used with reference to any rubber estate or rubber small holding, means a person who has been registered or is deemed to have been registered as a proprietor of such estate or small holding under the Rubber Control Act; |
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" regulation " means a regulation made under this Act; " rehabilitation " when used with reference to any tea estate or tea small holding, means any operation designed to improve the agricultural conditions of such estate or small holding, and includes the application of fertilizers, the adoption of soil conservation measures and the planting of additional tea plants and any other suitable plants in such estate or small holding; " replanting ",-
| (a) when used with reference to any tea estate or tea small holding, means the uprooting of all existing tea plants and other vegetation in the whole or any part of such estate or small holding and their replacement by new tea plants, and includes the planting of tea plants in an area which does not form part of such estate or small holding if the tea plants in an equivalent area of such estate or small holding are eradicated within such time as the Tea Controller may specify; and |
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| (b) when used with reference to any rubber estate or rubber small holding, means the uprooting of all existing rubber plants and other vegetation in the whole or any part of such estate or small holding and their replacement by tea plants; |
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" rubber estate " means any rubber estate registered or deemed to have been registered under the Rubber Control Act; " rubber plant" has the same meaning as in the Rubber Replanting Subsidy Act; " rubber small holding " means any rubber small holding registered or deemed to have been registered under the Rubber Control Act; " seed " means the seed of the tea plant; " tea" and " tea plant" have the same meanings respectively as in the Tea Control Act, No. 51 of 1957; " tea estate" means any tea estate registered or deemed to have been registered under the Tea Control Act, No. 51 of 1957; and " tea small holding" means any tea small holding registered or deemed to have been registered under the Tea Control Act, No. 51 of 1957. |
Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts