GOVERNMENT OF GOA — The Goa Sewerage System and Sanitation Services Management Act, 2008

GOVERNMENT OF GOA Department of Public Works Office of the Principal Chief Engineer ______ Notification 1 -05/PCE -PWD -EO/10 -11/102 In exercise of the powers conferred by section 12 of the Goa Sewerage System and Sanitation Services Management Act, 2008 (Goa Act 14 of 2009), the Government of Goa hereby makes the following rules, namely:— 1. Short title and commencement . — (1) These rules may be called the Goa Sewerage System and Sanitation Services Management Rules, 2010. (2) They shall come into force on such date as the Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint. 2. Definitions . — In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires,— (a) 'Act' means the Goa Sewerage System and Sanitation Services Management Act, 2008 (Goa Act 14 of 2009); (b) 'building sewerage' shall mean the system of pipes, channels, conduits, chambers, gully traps and manholes conveying wastewater from the building to the nearest inspection chamber or manhole on public sewer; (c) ‘person’ shall include consumer, occupier and owner; (d) 'public places' shall include bus stands, railway stations, markets, hospitals, clinics, health institutions, educational institutions, libraries, court buildings, recreational and sports complexes, places of worship, religious institutions, dairies, slaughter houses, dhobi -ghats, hotels, theatres, auditoria, concert halls, public offices where the general public have free access, eating places . (e) ‘section’ means section of the Act; (f) 'wastewater' shall include sewage, liquid or liquefied discharges from public places, leaches and commercial or trade effluents from shops and buildings. Words and expressions used herein but not defined shall have the same meaning as assigned to them in the Act. 3. Procedure for availing facility of