HISTORICAL
INTRODUCTION
Prior to 1937 relations between planters and
millers in the Sugar Industry were sometimes impaired by disputes. These
disputes revolved around a number of issues, including:
 the
sharing of sugar and by-products between the parties and the mode of
payment
the weighing of canes
the quota allocation for the delivery of
canes
the varieties and the quality of canes
acceptable at factories
the efficiency of factories
the activities of intermediaries, known as
middlemen
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From time to time, enquiries were set up to look
into those issues.
Following some disturbances in 1937, a Commission
of Enquiry presided by C.A Hooper was instituted to study the causes of the
unrest. After investigation, the Commission made a series of recommendations in
order to deal with the problems in that sector.
Following these recommendations the Cane Planters
and Sugar Millers Control Ordinance No. 27 was enacted in 1939. The Ordinance
provided for the creation of a Central Board, now called the Cane Planters and
Millers Arbitration and Control Board, to be responsible for the implementation
of these recommendations and also to serve as a control and regulatory body. It
was set up in 1939 and is governed by Act No.46 of 1973. It is a division
of the The Ministry of Agro Industry & Fisheries and is
financed by a cess from the sugar industry.
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