Mauritius Cane Industry Authority Act 2011 (No. 40 of 2011).

This Act establishes the Mauritius Cane Industry Authority and provides with respect to the marketing of sugar cane, the milling of canes and the manufacture of sugar and related matters.
The Authority is established as a body corporate and shall include the Mauritius Sugarcane Industry Research Institute. The objects of the Authority shall be to, among other things, be to: (a) monitor, oversee and coordinate all activities relating to, and ensure a fair, efficient and effective administration and operation of, the cane industry; (b) monitor and coordinate the activities of the cane industry, including planting, milling, processing, transport, bulk handling and marketing; and (c) resolve disputes between planters, millers and middlemen. The Authority may, among other things: (a) set up and manage such agricultural or other centres; (b) manage agricultural land and, in particular, abandoned fields; and (c) enter into management contracts on behalf of planters. The Authority shall have a monopoly as to the marketing of sugar. There shall be a Control and Arbitration Committee, which shall have powers in the field of regulating the delivery of canes to factories, milling of cane and the manufacture of sugar. It shall also act as an arbitrator in disputes relating to: (a) the boundaries of a factory area; (b) the transport of planters’ canes; (c) the quantity of sugar, scums, molasses, bagasse and other co-products accruing to a planter; (d) the amount paid, or the basis or method of paying, for canes supplied by a planter; (e) a cane contract; and (f) the weighing of canes.