Section 10:

10. Where an authority has lapsed, no further application in respect of the same land shall be considered within a period of 6 months of the date on which it has lapsed. [Part II amended by s. 28 (f) of Act 14 of 2005 w.e.f. 21 April 2005; s. 14 of Act 3 of 2007 w.e.f. 1 March 2007; s. 23 (f) of Act 1 of 2009 w.e.f. 16 April 2009; s. 29 (e) of Act 20 of 2011 w.e.f. 16 July 2011; s. 27 (c) of Act 26 of 2012 w.e.f. 22 December 2012; s. 10 of Act 15 of 2013 w.e.f. 29 June 2013; s. 17 of Act 34 of 2016 w.e.f. 1 January 2017; s. 42 (21) (c) of Act 11 of 2017 w.e.f. 15 January 2018.] S49 – 51 [Issue 10] Sugar Industry Efficiency Act PART III Where an authority for conversion granted under section 28 in respect of a land to which the rates applicable are the rates specified in Category 1 of Part I and where the land converted is in excess of 5 hectares, the applicant shall within a period of 2 years— (a) plough back at least 50 per cent of the proceeds arising from the conversion to sugar production at field or factory level or diversification within sugar; (b) fully compensate the loss in agricultural production computed by the committee by generating an equivalent amount of such production for at least one crop cycle of 8 years by— (i) putting under sugar cane cultivation other land belonging to the applicant; or (ii) implementing projects relating to water and energy saving irrigation methods. PART IV The amount referred to in section 29 (1) (e) (ii) is 2 million rupees and shall be adjusted yearly by using the indexation method used for the specialised financial returns. [Issue 10] S49 – 52