Overriding effect and savings

Overriding effect and savings.—

1. (1) The provisions of this Act shall have effect notwithstanding anything inconsistent therewith contained in the Bihar Urban Planning and Development Act, 2012, the Bihar Municipal Act, 2007, or any other State law for the time being in force, and any Development Plan notified under the provisions of this Act shall supersede any other Development Plan sanctioned prior to it under any such State law.
2. (2) All actions taken and approvals granted in respect of the Special Area prior to the notification under section 6
3. (1) shall be saved as follows: —
   • (a) all development permissions, building permits, layout approvals, and change of land use orders validly granted shall continue in force for the period for which they were granted, and works lawfully commenced thereunder may be completed in accordance with their terms;
   • (b) all pending applications, appeals, and other proceedings relating to the Special Area shall stand transferred to and be decided by the Authority or the Appellate Authority constituted under section 12, as the case may be, in accordance with the law under which they were initiated; provided that pending applications for development permissions shall, until a Development Plan under section 8 comes into force, be decided in accordance with the regulations in force immediately prior to such notification.
   • (c) all contracts entered into by any prior authority in connection with the Special Area and subsisting as on the date of such notification shall continue to bind the parties, and the Authority shall be subrogated to the rights and obligations of such authority to the extent they relate to the functions assumed by it under this Act.
4. (3) Any question arising as to whether any provision of any other law is inconsistent with this Act, or any difficulty arising in giving effect to the provisions of this section, shall be referred to and resolved by the State Government, whose decision thereon shall be final and binding.