Whenever the department is satisfied that any owner has failed to comply with any provision of this article or any rule or regulation made by the state board of agriculture under the provisions of this article, the owner shall be so notified in writing by the department, and shall immediately lose all rights or interest acquired, if any, under the provisions of this article. The owner shall not be reinstated thereunder except by the authority of the department upon written application made by him to the department for that purpose.
N.J.S. § 4:5-51