Kenya Tea Development Authority (Imposition of Levy) Order

THE KENYA TEA DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY (IMPOSITION OF LEVY) ORDER L.N.162/1964, L.N.194/1968, L.N.113/1970 1. This Order may be cited as the Kenya Tea Development Authority (Imposition of Levy) Order. 2. In this Order— "area" means any area specified in the First Schedule to the Order: "Authority" means the Kenya Tea Development Authority established by the Order; "green tea leaf" means leaf detached from tea plants but not dried or processed in any way; "grower" means any person who has planted or is cultivating tea in any area; "the Order" means the Kenya Tea Development Authority Order; "stump" means a root or other part of a tea plant or a seedling planted, produced, supplied or acquired for the purpose of establishing a tea plant for the production of green tea leaf; "planted hectare" means a superficial area of land planted to tea containing one 'hectare and shall include any lesser or larger area of land with 8.890 tea plants; "tea" means the plant known botanically asCamellia Thea(Link) and includes its seed and includes tea plants and the leaf thereof. whether on the plant or detached therefrom and. in the latter case, whether green or manufactured. 3- The price to be paid for green tea leaf by the Authority under paragraph 17 of the Kenya Tea Development Authority (Tea Cultivation) Order shall be 40 cents per lb. of green tea leaf paid, in arrear, at such intervals as the Authority may from time to time determine. 4. (1) Subject to the reduction authorized by subparagraph (3), a levy of thirty-five cents per kg. of green tea leaf is hereby imposed on all green tea delivered to the Authority in any area. (2) The amount of the levy shall be deducted by the Authority from all sums payable under paragraph 3 before payment is made to growers. (3) In respect of any quality of green tea leaf not exceeding 5,600 kg. per planted hectare or pro rata, from tea planted prior to the 29th September, 1960, the Authority shall pay a rebate at 7 cents per kg. of green leaf, with the monthly leaf payments. 5. (1) If in any year after the expiry of five years from the date of planting tea in any area under the Authority, a grower has not delivered to the Authority such quantity of green tea leaf as the Authority shall deem reasonable from tea plants planted by the grower, there shall forthwith become payable as a civil debt due to the Authority such amount as the Authority shall reasonably determine. (2) The expressions used in this paragraph shall not detract from the discretion of the court to determine what is or is not reasonable. SCHEDULE Calendar Year Credit Received by the Grower per Stump (Cents) Stump Purchased Deposit Per Stump (Cents) Approximate Original Capital Levy Poundage Per Stump 1960 6 18 17.80 1960 12 12 15.70 1960 18 6 13.80 1960 24 Nil 12.00 1961 or later 6 24 20.38 1961 or later 12 18 17.54 1961 or later 18 12 15.05 1961 or later 24 6 12.83 1961 or later 30 Nil 10.83