MNISTRY OF POWER NOTIFICATION — THE ENERGY CONSERVATION ACT, 2001

MNISTRY OF POWER NOTIFICATION New Delhi; the 3rd August; 2007 GSR 537(). ~In exercise ofthe powers conferred by Section 56 read with sub-section (5) of Section 4 of the Energy Conservation Act; 2001 (520f2001), the Central Government hereby makes the following; namely : 1 Short title and commencement (a) These rules may be called the Bureau ofEnergy Efficiency (Appointment of Members, Manner of Filling Vacancies, Fees and Allowances and Procedure For Discharging Their Functions) Rules; 2007_ (b) They shal] come into force On the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. 2 Definitions -~In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires, (a) #Act" means the Energy Conservation Act; 2001 (52 of 2001); "Director-General" means the Director-General of the Bu-eau appointed under sub-section (1) of Section 9; 6e_ 'meeting" 77 means the meeting of the Governing Council and shall include any other business connected with it; (d) Cf member J7 for the purposes ofthese rules means a member of Govering Council referred to in clauses (0); (p) and (4) of sub-section (2) of Section 4; "section 2 means & section of the Act; Words and expressions used herein and not defined but defined in the Act shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in the Act: 3 Appointment ofmembers- (1) The Central Government shall appoint the following members ofthe Govemning Council, namely : (a) Five members, one each from the five power regions under clause (0) of sub-section (2) of Section 4 (6) Four members; one each from the industry; equipment ad appliance manufacturers, architects and consumers under clause (p) of sub-section (2) of Section 4. Two members a5 may be nominated by the Goveming Council under clause (9) of sub-section (2) of Section 4 For the purpose of clause (a) ofs