Establishment of the Sugar Cane Quality Control Authority

(1) There shall be and is hereby established for the purposes of this Act a Sugar Cane Quality Control Authority which shall, subject to the provisions of this Act, be an autonomous entity responsible for establishing and monitoring a sugar cane quality (2) The SCQCA shall operate under the general control and supervision of the Board, and shall be subsidiary to the Board, but may exercise any of the functions entrusted to it by or in accordance with the provisions of this Act or any Regulations Sugar Industry Act 31 made hereunder, and any other functions incidental of ancillary to, or consequential upon, the performance of its principal (3) The SCQCA shall begin its operations on a day to be appointed by the Minister by Order published in the Gazette and phased in as agreed by the SCQCA.