MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT AND FORESTS — THE ENVIRONMENT (PROTECTION) ACT, 1986

MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT AND FORESTS NOTIFICATION New Delhi; the 22nd November; 2000 S.O. 1046(E) In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (ii) of sub-section (2) of section 3, sub-section (1) and clause (b) of sub-section (2) of section 6 and section 25 of Environment (Protection) Act; 1986 (29 of 1986) read with rule 5 of the Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986, the Central Government hereby makes the following rules to amend the Noise Pollution (Regulation and Control) Rules, 2000 , namely 1 (1) These rules may be called the Noise Pollution (Regulation and Control) (Amendment) Rules, 2000. (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. 2. In the Noise Pollution (Regulation and Control) Rules, 2000 (hereinafter referred to as the said rules); in rule 2, for clause (c) , the following clause shall be substituted; namely: '(c) "authority" means and includes any authority or officer authorized by the Central Government; or as the case may be; the State Government in accordance with the laws in force and includes a District Magistrate , Police Commissioner, or any other officer not below the rank of the Deputy Superintendent of Police designated for the maintenance of the ambient air quality standards in respect of noise under any law for the time being in force clause (d) and (e) shall be re-numbered as clauses (g) and (h) respectively, and for clause (g) as so re-numbered, the following clause shall be substituted namely: - '(g) "person" shall include any company or association or body of individuals, whether incorporated or not;' = after clause (c), the following clauses shall be inserted, namely: (iii) '(d) "court" means a governmental body consisting of one or more judges who sit to adjudicate disputes and administer jus