Section 7A: Issue of morcellement permit in connection with schemes under the

7A. Issue of morcellement permit in connection with schemes under the Sugar Industry Efficiency Act (1) Where land is to be transferred in relation to a VRS, ERS or factory closure referred to in section 26 (1) of the Sugar Industry Efficiency Act, the transferor shall make an application for a morcellement permit in respect of that land. (2) The Board shall, within a period of 6 weeks from the effective date of an application under subsection (1), make a decision on whether to issue a letter of intent. (3) Every member of the Board shall convey his stand on the application within one month of the effective date referred to in subsection (2), failing which he shall be deemed to have no objection to the issue of the letter of intent. M67 – 6 (1) [Issue 9] Morcellement Act (4) The transferor shall, within a period of 15 months from the date of issue of the letter of intent, complete the infrastructural works properly to the satisfaction of the Board. (5) Where the transferor fails to comply with subsection (4), without any reasonable excuse or justification, the burden of proving which shall lie on him, he shall commit an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding 100,000 rupees for every calendar month of delay in the completion of the infrastructural works. continued on page M67 – 5 [Issue 9] M67 – 6 (2) Revised Laws of Mauritius (6) (a) For the purpose of this section, the Board may, in addition to the members specified in section 4 (2), include a maximum of 3 co-opted members. (b) A co-opted member shall have no right to vote. (7) In this section— “effective date” means the date by which the Board shall have obtained all the information, particulars and documents required from the transferor and which date shall be communicated to the transferor; “transferor” has the meaning assigned to the word “developer” in this Act. [S. 7A inserted by s. 15 (4) (b) of Act 3 of 2007 w.e.f. 1 March 2007.]