Tobacco (Marketing and Licensing) Rules (Cap. 237).

These Regulations implement provisions of the Tobacco Act and provide rules for the placing on the market of tobacco, including grading, buying, marking, labelling and packing of tobacco bales.
The 67 regulations are divided into.8 Parts: Preliminary (I); Returns by Registered Growers (II); Licensing of Graders (III); Licensing of Buyers (IV); Licensing of Auction Floors (V); Marking of Bales for Sale (VI); Packing of Tobacco for Sale (VII); Sale of Tobacco by Auction.
Growers shall make crop forecast returns in accordance with regulation 3. Application for the issue of a grader's licence shall be made to the Tobacco Board in Form 3 set out in the Schedule to these Regulations. Regulation 5 sets out Minimum standards of grader’s premises. Within seven days of receiving tobacco consigned to him by a grower, a grader shall examine not less than ten percent of the bales in that consignment and send to the grower a report on the condition thereof (reg. 7). Within ten days of completion of grading tobacco consigned to him by a grower for grading at any one time, a grader shall furnish the grower with a return in accordance with Form 5. Copies of returns shall be sent to Board. Duties of licensed graders are set out in regulation 10. An application for the issue of a licence to buy tobacco shall be made to the Board in Form 6. An application for the issue of an auction floor licence shall be made in Form 8 (reg. 14).