🇱🇰 Cabinet Approves Amendment Regulations for Tea Broker Licensing

• Overview: The Cabinet of Ministers has approved submitting new amendment regulations to Parliament regarding the granting of licenses to brokers in the Sri Lankan tea industry. • Legislative Details: The amendments update the original Regulations for the Grant of Licences to Producers (Tea) Brokers, 1979, framed under the Producers (Legalisation) of Producers Act, No. 9 of 1979. • Process & Timeline: The proposal was submitted by Plantations and Community Infrastructure Minister Samantha Viddyarathna. The regulations follow initial Cabinet approval granted on 22 June 2026 and were published in Gazette Extraordinary No. 2501/68 on 12 August 2026, awaiting final parliamentary approval.