TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR GREEN LEAF TEA BUYING LICENCE.
The licensee shall observe the following terms and conditions:—
1.
Display his license at a conspicuous place within the premises.
2.
The Green Leaf Tea Buyers(s) shall buy green leaf tea from registered grower at any approved green leaf tea Buying
Centers/posts under a roof in the villages concerned. The buying centers shall be specified and approved by the
Board and or Local Authority.
3.
All green leaf tea Buyer(s) shall use weighing scales at all times and the scales shall be certified by the Weight and
Measures Agency. No other method of weighing shall be used.
4.
Green leaf tea Buyer(s) shall issue receipts to the growers from whom they buy green leaf tea and shall maintain a
register of those growers. These records shall be made available for inspection by the Board inspectors or any
Authorized Officer at any time.
5.
Green leaf tea Buyer(s) shall pay produce cess to the respective District Councils as agreed in the memorandum of
understanding on financing of the tea industry
6.
Green leaf tea Buyer(s) shall pay all other taxes and levies legally imposed by the Government
7.
The purchaser shall buy green leaf tea on a delivered field basis at or above the price that shall be announced by
the Tea Board after consultation with the tea stakeholders.
8.
The purchaser shall draw up a schedule for collection of green leaf tea and adhere to it.
9.
The buyer shall buy green leaf that would be plucked and sent to the green leaf collection centers in the particular
day and time as previously agreed upon by parties.
10.
The purchaser shall make payment to the farmers for the purchases of green leaf tea within fifteen (15) days after
the end of each month and arrangements to pay on shorter periods of minimum of two (2) weeks shall be
encouraged.
11.
The Board shall have the power to inspect any buying post at any time without notice to ensure compliance with
these regulations.
12.
The buyer of green leaf tea shall produce standard monthly reports to the Board showing monthly purchases and
deliveries of green leaf tea to the processing factory.
13.
Every buyer should enter into sales contract with any grower for minimum period of one year on such terms and
conditions as the parties may agree upon and no buyer should enter into a sale contract with a grower who has
another contract with another buyer.
14.
Each buyer shall after signing a contract, register each sales contract with the Board and submit the copies of the
registered contracts to the designated district agricultural officer.
15.
The buyer should buy the tea leaves of the required standard and may refuse to buy any substandard green leaf
tea.
16.
Any person who contravenes any one of these regulations shall be guilt of an offence and upon conviction shall be
liable to a fine not exceeding one million or to a term of imprisonment not exceeding two years or to both.