Sri Lanka Tea Board Act (No. 14 of 1975). Country/Territory Sri Lanka Document type Legislation Date 1976 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Act Supplement to Gazette of 11 April 1997, pp. 121-137. Long titleA Law to provide for the establishment of the Sri Lanka Tea Board and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. Subject Food & nutrition, Cultivated plants Keyword Coffee/cocoa/tea Agricultural commodities Beverages Plant production Institution Agricultural development Crops/grasses Special fund International trade Geographical area Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Indian Ocean, South Asian Seas, Southern Asia Abstract There shall be established a Tea Board as a body corporate under section 2. The Board shall promote, by measures, as it thinks fit, the development of the tea industry in Sri Lanka. It may: regulate the production and cultivation of tea; regulate the establishment of tea factories; regulate the conduct of tea auctions; regulate he sale and exportation of tea; assist in marketing of tea outside of Sri Lanka; conduct and encourage research, etc (sect. 4). There may be appointed a Tea Commissioner under section 9 who shall take on functions of tea controller and tea controller. There shall be established "Capital Fund" The Board may make Regulations in respect of a scheme for subsidising with moneys of the Capital Fund replanting and rehabilitation of estates and small holdings, and regulate all other matters specified in section 30. (31 sections) Full text English References - Legislation Amended by Sri Lanka Tea Board (Amendment)Act No. 17 of 1985. Legislation | Sri Lanka | 1975 Keyword: Coffee/cocoa/tea, Agricultural commodities, Plant production, Institution, Agricultural development, Crops/grasses, Special fund, International trade Source: FAO, FAOLEX Sri Lanka Tea Board (Amendment) Act (No. 44 of 2006). Legislation | Sri Lanka | 2006 Keyword: Plant production, Institution, Agricultural development, Coffee/cocoa/tea Source: FAO, FAOLEX Sri Lanka Tea Board (Amendment) Act (No. 17 of 1985). Legislation | Sri Lanka | 1975 Keyword: Coffee/cocoa/tea, Agricultural commodities, Beverages Source: FAO, FAOLEX Sri Lanka Tea Board (Amendment) Act (No. 44 of 1990). Legislation | Sri Lanka | 1990 Keyword: Coffee/cocoa/tea, Agricultural commodities, Beverages Source: FAO, FAOLEX Sri Lanka Tea Board (Amendment) Act (No. 13 of 2018). Legislation | Sri Lanka | 2018 Keyword: Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Institution, Plant production, Agricultural development, Coffee/cocoa/tea Source: FAO, FAOLEX