Tobacco (Control and Marketing) Regulations (S.I. 35-1).

These Regulations made under section 17 of the Tobacco (Control and Marketing) Act 1967, provide rules for activities of sponsors of tobacco growers and the relationship between such sponsors and tobacco growers. The Commissioner for Marketing shall keep a register of (a) any person who is engaged in sponsoring growers in the growing of tobacco; (b) tobacco buyers; (c) tobacco processors; and (d) tobacco exporters, and no person shall carry out any of these activities without a valid registration certificate.
A sponsor may enter into a sponsorship agreement with a grower, but no tobacco may be purchased by any person from a grower when no subsisting sponsorship agreement exists, except from a grower who used his or her own finances to grow the crop. The Regulations set out duties of a sponsor in respect of the supply of sponsors to growers of planting materials and chemicals. A sponsor shall assist the growers to establish flue wood tree nurseries for which s(he) receives government subsidies.
The Regulations also define obligations of a grower in respect of, among other things, use of chemicals, prohibit the export of tobacco without written consent of the Minister and provide for inspection and enforcement. The Schedules set out, among other things: growing seasons; inputs and chemicals to be purchased by the grower from the sponsor; grade specifications; and forms.