Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Regulation of Supply and Distribution) Order; 2000 MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM AND NATUAL… — THE ESSENTIAL COMMODITIES ACT, 1955

Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Regulation of Supply and Distribution) Order; 2000 MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM AND NATUAL GAS ORDER New Delhi, the 26th April, 2000 G.S.R. 487(E): - In exercise of the powers conferred by section 3 of the Essential Commodities Act; 1955 (10 of 1955), the Central Government here by makes the following Ode, namely: 1. Short title and commencement (1) This Order may be called the Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Regulation of Supply and Distribution) Order; 2000. 2 It extends to the whole of India: (3) It shall come into force 0n the date of its publication in the Official Gazette. 2. Definitions: In this Order; unless the context otherwise requires: - a) "Chief Controller of Explosives" shall have the same meaning assigned To it the Explosives Act; 1884 (4 of 1884); (b) "Consumer, means a registered person, firm, company, institution, Association of persons, cO-operative society or organization, who has Been granted liquefied petroleum gas connection O supply, either in Bulk O in cylinder; by a distributor O a Government ol company or a Parallel marketer; "Cylinder" means a metal container utilized for storing liquefied Petroleum gas conforming to the specifications laid down in Schedules II and III; (d) *Delivery"' means a person engaged by a distributor of a Government Oil Company or a parallel marketer to deliver liquefied Petroleum gas in cylinder to consumers; 'Distributor ' means a person, firm, association of Persons Company, Institution, organization or a co-operative society appointed by a Government Oil Company or parallel marketer and engaged in the Business of purchase, sale, of storage for sale of liquefied petroleum Gas in cylinders to consumers on the basis of an agreement with a Government Oil Company or a parallel marketer as the case may Be; ~