ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
The Crops (Tea Industry) Regulations
7. Double registration
Edition: 2022-12-31 · In force
7. Double registration
(1)A smallholder tea grower shall not register their parcel of land planted with tea to more than one tea factory limited company at a time.(2)Where subdivision has been carried out but separate titles deeds have not been issued, proof of such subdivision from the registered owner of the land shall be provided to the tea factory limited company.(3)Notwithstanding subregulation (1) above, a tea grower may register a parcel of land planted with more than one type of tea to more than one factory at a time for the purpose of processing of the different teas.(4)A tea grower wishing to change the factory where they deliver green leaf shall inform their respective factory by giving a minimum of a one months' notice or in accordance with the notification period specified in the Green Leaf Agreement.(5)Where an objection is made to the notice issued under subregulation (4), the matter shall be resolved in the manner set out in the Green Leaf Agreement.(6)A factory that receives a notice from a tea grower shall within one month of the receipt of the notice release the grower subject to the grower clearing any outstanding dues with the factory.(7)Any change in the particulars supplied by the grower for purposes of registration in accordance with subregulation (1) shall be notified to the factory in writing.(8)Where the factory has reasonable cause to believe that a person whose particulars are so recorded has ceased to be a grower, it may, after giving that person written notification of its intention to do so, remove the name of such person from the register.(9)The register referred to in regulation 6(3) shall be prima facie proof of the fact that a person is a registered tea grower with the factory.(10)A person who contravenes the provisions of this regulation commits an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding twenty thousand Kenya shillings or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or both.