Expenses of the Board

(1) The expenses of the Board and, subject to the approval of the Board, the expenses of its authorised agencies, shall be met from the Sugar (Industry Development) Fund. (2) The Board shall on or before the 30th September in each year submit to the manufacturers and to the association an estimate of their expenditure for the year commencing on 1st November next ensuing and the manufacturers and the associations shall deposit with the Board their respective shares of such estimated expenditure on or before the 30th October next following the receipt of the estimates of expenditure, Provided that, subject to the Board’s approval, the respective shares of the estimated expenditure, may be paid by quarterly instalments payable in advance. (3) For the purposes of sub-section (1), “authorised agencies” means the Sugar Cane Quality Control Authority, the Sugar Cane Production Committee, and the Sugar Industry