S.L. 573.11 Art. 8Exclusions. 

(1) Applications submitted in accordance with these regulations shall be refused if the premises:

(a) does not have the necessary permits issued by the Planning Authority or the declaration provided by the Planning Authority that the said premises appear on the 1968 survey sheet; or

(b) has stop notices or enforcement notices or stop and enforcement notices or warning notices issued by the competent Authority:

Provided that if it has these impediments, these shall be remedied before the application can be processed in accordance with these regulations.

(2) The part of agricultural land which does not form part of the sole and ordinary residence as defined in these regulations shall be excluded from the transfer and shall retain the agricultural lease title.

(3) Any commercial premises or any land used for commercial or storage purposes, as well as any other land not forming part of the sole and ordinary residence as defined in these regulations shall be excluded from the transfer.

(4) The application does not confer any rights or entitlements in favour of the applicant or any other person and the Authority, in its sole discretion, reserves the right to refuse any application submitted in GRANTED BY AGRICULTURAL LEASES [S.L. accordance with these regulations provided that such refusal shall be in writing and shall include detailed reasons for its decision.

(5) The Authority shall have the right to terminate the process of an application made by virtue of these regulations at any stage or to refuse to accept any application made by virtue of these regulations if in its opinion such premises is located at a site of national importance:

Provided that in that case, the applicant shall only be entitled to receive the costs he paid to apply in accordance with these regulations. The Authority is exempt from any damages or any request for the payment of any kind of compensation made by the applicant in this regard.