Section 33, The Sierra Leone Local Content Agency Act, 2016

(1) Subject to subsection (2) materials, products or goodsmade in Sierra Leone shall be given first consideration where the quality and timely delivery of such materials, products or goods are comparable to those available internationally. (2) Sierra Leonean companies providing materials, products or goods shall have adequate resources and capacity to add value to the operations, project or activities referred to in the sectors covered by this Act. (3) The following shall apply in the industries- (a) in the manufacturing industry, operators and contractors shall use at least ten percent of domestically produced inputs; (b) in the bakery and confectionery industry up to ten percent of cassava flour produced locally from locally grown cassava shall be required to be included as input; (c) in the beer industry, the operators and contractors shall utilise up to twenty percent of sorghum produced locally; (d) in the sugar industry, operators and contractors shall utilise up to fifteen percent of sugar produced locally in the first five years and up to thirty percent in the succeeding five years for any product requiring sugar as an additive; (e) in the soap making industry, operators and contractors shall utilise up to fifty percent of palm oil produced locally in the first five years and up to seventy percent in the succeeding five years; (f) in the flour industry, operators and contractors shall utilise up to ten percent of wheat flour produced locally in the first five years and up to thirty percent in the succeeding five years; (g) in the hotel, hospitality and tourist industry, operators and contractors shall utilise up to twenty five percent of locally produced tie dye fabric or batik, fabric from locally grown and woven cotton, carvings made locally and produced from local wood, furniture locally produced from local wood and paintings produced locally or by Sierra Leonean nationals shall be utilised at all facilities in the first five years and up to fifty percent in the succeeding five years. (4) Subsection (1) and (2) shall apply to section 3. 20 21 Service sector. Materials, Products and Goods. No. 3 The Sierra Leone Local Content Agency Act 2016 No. 3 The Sierra Leone Local Content Agency Act 2016