COFFEE INDUSTRY REGULATIONTHE COFFEE INDUSTRY REGULATION ACTREGULATIONS(under section 7 )The Coffee Industry (Cess) Regulation, 195 1

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ORDER(under section I0 )The Coffee Cess Order, 1993

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DECLARATION(under section 14)
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COFFEE INDUSTRY REGULA TION3THE COFFEE INDUSTRY REGULATION ACTREGULATIONS(under section 7)
THE COFFEEINDUSTRY (CESS) REGULATIONS,
1951(Made by the Coflee Industry Board on the 23rd day of August.
1951 and approved by the Governor in Executive Council
on the 27th day of August, 1951)

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Coffee Industry (Cess)
Regulations, 1951.
2 For the purposes of these Regulations coffee shall be deemed to beexported on the day on which the bill-of-lading or air-shipping billcovering such coffee is issued.
3. So long as there is in force any cess imposed under section 10 ofthe Act, no person other than the Board shall export any coffee, the proceeds of sale of which are subject to any such cess, without first depositing with the Board an amount equivalent to the cess upon such coffee.
4. Every exporter of any such coffee shall, immediately after the saleof any such coffee. make a return to the Board (verified by voluntarydeclaration) showing the amount of coffee sold, the amount of coffee, ifany, still left unsold and/or the amount of coffce,ifany. which hasbecome unmerchantable and has been dumped or destroyed and suchexporter shall, upon request by the Board, furnish all such further information as the Board shall require.
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Upon the receipt of such return as provided for in regulation

4. or upon the Board being otherwise satisfied of the sale of any such

coffee as aforesaid, the Board shall be entitled to retain and appropriate
to the cess the amount referable to the quantity sold. and the Board shallrefund such portion of the exporter’s deposit as is referable to the portion of such coffee, if any. as the Board is satisfied has become unmerchantable and has been dumped or destroyed.

(2) All ooffee exported as aforesaid which has not within twelve
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Board to have become unmerchantable and to have been dumped ordestroyed shall be deemed to have been sold and the Board shall thereupon be entitled to appropriate to the cess the amount of the deposit
referable to such coffee.
6. Any person who contravenes or fails or omits to comply with anyof the provisions of these Regulations shall be guilty of an offence andshall upon summary conviction thereof before a Resident Magistrate beliable to a h e not exceeding treble the value of the coffee in respect ofthe export of which the offence is committed.

7. In these Regulations, “coffee” includes “coffee product” as dehedin the Act.

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COFFEE INDUSTRY REGULATIONTHE COFFEE INDUSTRY REGULATION ACTREGULATIONS(under section 7 )T H E COFFEE hDUSTRY REGULATIONS, 1953

(Made by the Coffee Zndustty Board on the 12th day of March,
1953 and approved by the Governor in Executive Council
on the 23rd day of March. 1953)

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1. These Regulations may be cited as the Coffee Industry Regulations, 1953.

2. In these Regulations“the Board” mans the Coffee Industry Board established bysection 3 of the Act;

coffee &at ie(a) grown ia the Blue Mountain area as describedin the Schdde; andSchedule.
(b) processad or rnardactued at any coffee worksspecified in tbe Schedule and to whi& a licencegranted pursuant to ragulstion 5 relates.
“blue mountain blend” means any coffee or coffee productcomprising blue mountain coffee in such proportion as toamount for not lcss than 20 per centurn of its weight;“coffee” means coffee beans whole or broken whether in thecherry or pulp or separated from the pulp, and whether
cured or uncured, ripe or unripe, whether in the form ofparchment, double husk, or clean, and whether dried orundried, washed or-unwashed, fermented or unferhentcd.
roasted or unroasted;“coffee works operator” means the owner, operator, occupieror manager of a coffee works;“coffee dealer” means a person holding a current licence underthe Agricultural Produce Act entitling him to carry on thebusiness of buying and selling coffee and a coffee dealer’slicence under these Regulations;6

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“special coffee dealer” means a person holding a current licence
under the Agricultural Produce Act entitling him to carryon the business of buying and selling coffee and to whoma special coffee dealer’s licence has been granted by theBoard;“export” means to take or cause to be taken out of the Island
to any other place;“purchase” includes exchange or barter whether for goods orservices and any agreement or contract to purchase,exchange or barter;“sell’’ includes exchange or barter whether for goods or services
and any agreement or contract to sell, exchange or barter;“the Secretary” means the Secretary of the Board or the person
for the time being holding or performing the duties of thatoffice.
3. It shall be lawful for the Searetary or any other person authorized
by the Board in writing for the purpose to enter at all reasonable times
during the hours of daylight upon any land on which coffee is grownor upon any premises used or believed by the Board to be used or to beabout to be used for any purpose connected with the processing of coffee
berries or the mhdacture of any coffee product or the storage, purchase, sale, export or distribution of any coffee bemes or coffee product,and it shall be an offence against these Regulations for any person toobstruct or hinder the Secretary or any such authorized person in anymanner.
4.--(1) Every coffee dealer and every special coffee dealer who shallpurchase, collect or sell any coffee in the Island shall keep a record of
every such purchase, collection or sale in a coffee record book whichshall be in such form as the Board may from time to time prescribe andshall keep such coffee mrd book at his place Olf business and shallon demand produce it for inspection by the Secretary or any otherparson authorized by the Board in writing for the purpose or by any
member of the Police Force.

(2) Every coffeeworks operator holding a licence under regulation
5 and who processes, manufactures, sells or exports any blue mountaincoffee or blue mountain blend shall keep a record of the source of suppIyof such coffee or the ingredients of such blend, as the case may be, in acoffee record book and the provisions of paragraph (1) as respects theform, keeping, production and inspection of a coffee record book shallpe inclusion of this page is authorized by L.N. 160/198ry

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muratis rnuiandis apply in relation to a book required by virtue of thisparagraph as they apply in relation to a book required by virtue ofthat paragraph.

5 . 4 1 ) No person other than the Board shall establish, maintain oroperate any coffee works at any premises, unless he is the holder of a
subsisting coffee works licence granted by the Board in respect of suchpremises.

(2) Every application for such licence shall be accompanied bysatisfactory evidence that the coffee works complies with or is exempt
from the requirements of the Factories Act and any regulations madethereunder, and that the applicant is the holder of a certificate issued
by the Secretary (u any person authorized in writing by the Board forthe purpose, that in his opinion adequate plant, machinery, equipment,appliances and such other facilities as he may consider necessary havebeen provided for the pulping, curing, drying, washing, cleaning, processing, preparation for sale or manufacture of coffee or any coffee product.
6. Every application for a coffee works licence shall be in such form
as the Board may from time to time prescribe and shall be accompanied
by a fee of $20.00.which may be reduced by the Board in such cases as
the Board thinks fit. Subject to the right of appeal contained in section 9of the Act the grant or refusal of a coffee works licence shall be entirelyin the discretion of the Board and the Board may grant such licencefor such period as it thinks fit and may renew such licence from time totime as it thinks fit or may grant such licence subject to such conditions
as it thinks fit and may refuse such licence, or revoke such licence at any
time after it has been granted or renewed.
7.41) No person other than a special coffee dealer shall sell any
coffee to the Board.
(2) No person shall sell any coffee except to the Board or to theholder of a subsisting coffee dealer’s licence or specid coffee dealer’slicence.
(3) No person other than the Board shall purchase any coffee
unless he is the holder of a subsisting coffee dealer’s licence or special
coffee dealer’s licence :Provided that this regulation shall not apply to any purchase or sale ofroasted coffee for domestic consumption or to the purchse of roasted
coffee by a licensed wholesaler or retailer for the purposes of hisbusiness as such wholesaler or retailer.
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8. Every application for a coffee dealer’s licence or a special coffee
deafer’s licence or any renewal thereof shall be in such form as the Board
may from time to time prescribe and shall be accompanied by the licencefee of $1.00 and the Board may in its discretion grant such licence forsuch period as it thinks fit and may renew such licence from time to time
as it thinks fit or may grant such licence subject to such conditions as it
thinks fit and may refuse such licence, or revoke such licence at any timeafter it has been granted or renewed.
9 . 4 1 ) The Board may revoke any licence granted pursuant to theseRegulations by serving notice to that effect in writing on the licensee.

(2) Any notice issued pursuant to paragraph (1) may be servedon the licensee either personally or by being sent by registered post to
his last known address. and any notice so sent by registered post shallbe deemed to have been served not later than the fifth day succeeding theday when posted, and in proving such service it shall be sufficient toprove that the letter containing the notice was properly addressed andposted.

No person in Jamaica shall(a) for the purposes of, or With a view to, the sale by him or by his
principal or his agent of any coffee or coffee product, cause oroffer to cause to be transported into or out of Jamaica any
such coffee or coffee product; or(b) whether as principal or agent, sell or offer to sell to any person.
whether in or outside Jamaica. any coffee or coffee product,
under any description which conveys or is likely to convey the impression that, to any substantial extent, the coffee or coffee product wasproduced, processed or manufactured at any of the coffee works herehbefore mentioned unless such coffee or coffee product (as the case maybe) is in fact produced, processed or manufactured at any of the aforementioned coffee works.
lO.--(l)(2) Reference in sub-paragraph (1) to any description includes areference to any description by label.

11. No person, unless authorized in writing by the Board SW(a) purchase, sell or export coffee other than Blue Mountah
coffee undH a name that contains the words “Blue Mountain”;

or(b) carry out any activity that is amnected with the purchas+.
sale or export of coffee and involves the use of the w d“Blue Mountain”.
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12. No aoffae shall be expartad from Jamaica udese it is exportcd bybhe Board or by a pwson a e r i z u i in writing by the Board.

13. No person shall pick, cullcot. offer for sale, sdl or purchase any
coffee berry which is entirely green in mlour.
1 4 4 1 ) Every @ to the Minister under section 9 of the h t shallbe commenced by notice in writing addressed to the Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Agriculture. Such notice shall be lodged with the Permanent
Secretary and a copy delivered to the Secretary of the Board withintwenty-one days from the date of the decision appealed against.
(2) Every notice of appeal shall include-(i) the name and address of the appellant;(ii) particulars of the decision of the Board against which theappeal is behg made;(iii) the grounds of the appeal;(iv) copies of all relevant correspondence and documents.

(3) The appellant shall before lodging his appeal deposit with theSecretary the sum of $4.00 and shall lodge the receipt therefor with thePermanent Secretary along with the notice of appeal. The amount deposited shall be refunded if the Minister so directs; otherwise it shall be paid
into the Consolidated Fund.
(4) Notwithstanding anything hereinbefore contained the Minister
may hear and entertain any appeal lodged after the time limit herein
provided if in all the circumstances of the case he thinks it justand proper to do so.

15. Any person wh(a) purchssee. sells or exporte3 any coffee or coftee(b) manufactureJ any d e e or coffee product,(c) d e s out any activity that is connected with the purchase.
sale or export of coffee and invdves the use of rhe wo& “BlueMountain”,
in oontravention of these Regulations shall be guilty 0t an offence andshall be liable on summary conviction before a Resident Magistrate’s
Court to a h e of twenty thousand dollars or an amount nnt exceeding
treble the d u e of the coffee or coffee product in regpeaL of the purchase,sale. export or manufacture of which tihe offence is cummittcd.
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10Blue Moulriain Area
Starting at skibo and proceeding in an east-southeasterly direction
to Swift River; thence east-southh-easterlyto Chelsea; thence east-southeasterly to Durham (Samba Hill); tlrence south-easterly to Belleview;
thence aoutheastexly along the western slope of the John Crow
Mountain to Cedar Gove: thence westerly to Font Hill; thence northwesterly to Ramble; thence westerly to Good Hope; thence northwesterly to Dallas; thence north-nmth-westerly to Industry Village;
thence nor&-nonth-westerly to Maryland; thence north-westerly toGolden Spring; thence northerly to Brandon Hill: thence north-easterlyto Tranquility; thence east-north-easterly to Skibo.

Coffee Works

Coffee works situated at Moy Hall, Silver Hill, Mavis Bank, Lmgley
or Wallenford or at such &her coffee works as the Board m y fromtime to time datermine with the approval of the Minister notified in theGazette.

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COFFEE INDUSTRY REGULATIONTHE COFFEE INDUSTRY REGULATION ACT
ORDm(under section 10)

TRB COFFEE(CESS)ORDBR. 1993
(Made by the Minister on the 29th day of June, 1993)

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1. This Order may be cited as the Coffee (Cess) Order, 1993.
2. The Cess imposed pursuant to a resolution of the Coffee IndustryBoard upon the proceeds of ;the sale by any person in Jamaica of anycoffee or any coffee product produced in Jamaica, whether such saletakes place in Jamaica or elsewhere, is hereby approved as set out in theschedule.
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3.41) Notwithstanding paragraph 2, the Cess imposed by the Coffee
Industry Board shall apply only to coffee produced in Jamaica andsold locally or which is exported or taken from Jamaica from or after
the 29th day of June, 1993.

(2) Coffee which is covered by a Bill of Lading or Air ShippingBill shall be deemed to have been exported on the day on which such
Bill of Lading or Air Shipping Bill is issued.

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