Tobacco (Registration of Growers) Regulations (Cap. 237)

SECTIONS 24, 25, 26, 27 AND 100-THE TOBACCO (REGISTRATION OF GROWERS) REGULATIONS Statutory Instrument 139 of 1968 Act No. 13 of 1994 Regulations by the Minister 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Tobacco (Registration of Growers) Regulations. Title 2. The registers of growers which the Registrar shall cause to be kept shall be in respect of the growers of the following prescribed classes of tobacco: (a) Virginia flue-cured; (b) Burley; (c) Oriental; (d) all other prescribed classes. Registers of growers 3. (1) The registration periods in respect of classes of tobacco within which growers or intended growers of any such specified classes of tobacco shall apply for registration shall be Registration periods (a) Oriental tobacco: 1st June to 31st December. (b) All other prescribed classes: 1st April to 31st October. (2) The duration of the aforesaid registrations shall be- Duration of registration (a) in the case of Oriental tobacco, the period ending on the following 31st December; and (b) in the case of all other prescribed classes, the period ending on the following 31st October. 4. (1) Application for registration as a grower of tobacco shall be made in writing to the Registrar, Tobacco Board of Zambia, Lusaka, in the Application for registration Form T.A.1 set out in the Schedule. (2) A separate application shall be made in respect of each prescribed class of tobacco to be grown. (3) Each application shall indicate the intended acreage of the particular prescribed class of tobacco to be grown. (4) Where it is intended to grow more than one prescribed variety of a prescribed class of tobacco, the intended acreage of each prescribed variety shall be indicated on the application form. 5. Where an application for registration is made after the termination of the registration period prescribed by regulation 3 (1), the applicant shall pay to the Board Registration fee for late application (a) for the first late application, a registration fee of sixty fee units; (b) for each subsequent late application, a registration fee of one hundred and fifty fee units. (As amended by Act No. 13 of 1994) SCHEDULE PRESCRIBED FORM FORM T.A. 1 (Regulation 4) THE TOBACCO ACT THE TOBACCO (REGISTRATION OF GROWERS) REGULATIONS To: The Registrar, Postal address of applicant: The Tobacco Board of Zambia, ...................................................................................... Lusaka. ...................................................................................... ...................................................................................... APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION AS A GROWER OF TOBACCO Name and initials of applicant (BLOCK CAPITALS) Class of tobacco (see Notes 1, 2 and 3 overleaf) Name of farm(s) and I.C.A. or Name of village, Chief and I.C.A. Acreage to be grown of this class (figures) 1. I hereby apply for registration as a grower of tobacco of the above class. 2. I intend to grow the following acreages and prescribed varieties (see Note 4 overleaf): Variety Acres ....................................................... ....................................................... ....................................................... ....................................................... ....................................................... ....................................................... ....................................................... ....................................................... 3. I hereby appoint the Tobacco Board of Zambia my agent for the purpose of the disposal of any surplus tobacco or of any unsold tobacco belonging to me or remaining in my possession or under my control at the end of the selling season to which this application relates. I further authorise and empower the said Board, as my said agent, to dispose of, to destroy, or to order the disposal or destruction of, such surplus or unsold tobacco, as the Board thinks fit; and I authorise the said Board, its officers, employees or agents to enter upon my lands, at any time, for the purpose of exercising the agency hereby conferred. This agency shall become effective upon the date of my registration as a registered grower by virtue of this application and shall be irrevocable for a period of one year from the date hereof, unless extended by me in writing at any time before or after its determination as herein provided. 4. I have read Note 7 overleaf and I appreciate that my compliance with the Regulations mentioned therein is a condition of my registration. ..................................................... ....................................................................................... Date Signature [Reverse side of Form T.A.1.] NOTES 1. The form overleaf is to be used for all applications for registration as a registered grower, regardless of the prescribed class of tobacco to be grown. 2. A separate application must be made in respect of each prescribed class of tobacco to be grown-the class in each case to be indicated in the space provided at the head of the form. 3. The prescribed classes are (a) auctionable-Virginia flue-cured; (b) non-auctionable-fire-cured, Oriental, sun-cured, sun- and air-cured. 4. Under section 84 of the Act, only prescribed varieties of prescribed classes may be grown or sold. The prescribed varieties, by classes, are (a) Virginia flue-cured tobacco-Bonanza, Canadel, Delcrest, Hicks, Jamaica Wrapper, Kutsaga 51, Kutsaga E.1, Kutasaga E.2, Rhomos 7, Trelawney C.7, White Gold, White Stem Orinoco, Yellow Mammoth; (b) Fire-cured tobacco-Malawi Western; (c) Burley tobacco-Burley 21, Kentucky 41; (d) Oriental tobacco-Samsun; (e) other prescribed classes-Malawi Western. The prescribed varieties to be grown must be shown separately in paragraph 2 of the form and the acreage of each. 5. Application for registration in respect of the following year's crop must be made within the periods (a) Oriental tobacco: 1st June to 31st December; (b) all other prescribed classes of tobacco: 1st April to 31st October. 6. Section 33 (1) of the Act reads in part: "Every application for registration ... shall contain a clause, to become effective upon registration, whereby the registered grower empowers the Board, as agent ... to dispose of or destroy or cause to be destroyed or to order the disposal or destruction of any surplus or unsold tobacco belonging to such registered grower and remaining in his possession or under his control at the end of any selling season". Paragraph 3 of the form reflects this provision and signature of the form by the applicant signifies the applicant's acceptance of this condition to his registration. 7. Registration is conditional upon the applicant's compliance with the provisions of regulations 3 and 4 of the Plant Pests and Diseases (Tobacco) Regulations, which relate to the destruction of tobacco plants, stalks and roots after cropping. Failure to comply with the regulations may result in the refusal or cancellation of registration. Attention is drawn to this condition in paragraph 4 of the form. 8. The completed application, duly signed, should be sent to the Registrar, Tobacco Board of Zambia, P.O. Box 31963, Lusaka, from whom additional forms are available.