Tea (Movement Control) Regulations, 1977 (Cap. 343)

[Rev. 2012] CAP. 343 Tea [Subsidiary] 27 [Issue 1] TEA (MOVEMENT CONTROL) REGULATIONS, 1977 [L.N. 150/1977, L.N. 93/1979.] 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Tea (Movement Control) Regulations, 1977. 2. In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires— “tea” means any goods manufactured from “tea”; “move”, in relation to tea, means to carry or move tea by head-load, pack animal, vehicle, train or vessel or by any other means whatsoever. 3. No person shall move or cause to be moved any tea, except under the authority of and in accordance with the terms and conditions of a written permit issued by the Board, or by some person authorized in writing by the Board for that purpose (whether such person is named in such authorization, or is specified by reference to his office or to his duties or his functions in any particular case); and such written permit shall specify the precise route along or over which the tea shall be moved. 4. Every person moving or causing tea to be moved, shall carry or cause to be carried with such tea a written permit issued under regulation 3 and shall produce such permit on request from any police officer or from any administrative officer or administration police officer: Provided that, where tea is being moved by a train operated by Kenya Railways, the permit issued in respect of such tea shall be handed to the station-master at the station where the tea is loaded onto the train and shall be retained by such station-master. 5. Any person who contravenes these Regulations shall be guilty of an offence under section 13A(1) of the Act and be liable to be punished accordingly.