National Institute Of Plantation Management (Amendment)



National Institute Of Plantation Management (Amendment)
AN ACT TO AMEND THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PLANTATION MANAGEMENT ACT, NO. 45 OF 1979.

BE it enacted by the Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka as, follows :

[29th December
, 1981
]
Short title.

1. This Act may be cited as the National Institute of Plantation Management (Amendment) Act, No. 76 of 1981.

Amendment of section 6 of Act No. 45 of 1979.

2. Section 6 of the National Institute of Plantation Management Act, No. 45 of 1979, (hereinafter referred to as the ” principal enactment”) is hereby amended in sub section (1) of that section, by the substitution, for paragraph (b) of that subsection, of the following paragraph:

” (b) the following ex officio members namely

(i) the Chairman of the Sri Lanka Tea Board;

(ii) the Director of the Rubber Research Institute ;

(iii) the Director of the Coconut Research Board;

(iv) the Chairman of the Tea Small Holdings Development Authority;

(v) the Director of the Tea Research Institute;

(vi) the Director of the Institute; and

(vii) a representative from any of the Universities nominated by the University Grants Commission;”.

Replacement of section 12 of the principal enactment.

3. Section 12 of the principal enactment is hereby repealed and the following new section substituted therefor:

” Remuneration and reimbursement of expenses of members of the Institute.

12. The members of the Institute shall be paid such remuneration for attending meetings as may be determined by the Institute with the approval of the Minister. The members shall also be reimbursed by the Institute for such traveling, hotel and incidental expenses as they may incur for the purpose of attending meetings of the Institute or for such other purposes connected with the activities of the Institute as may be approved by the Institute.”.