THE AIR (PREVENTION AND — THE AIR (PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF POLLUTION) ACT, 1981

## Page 1 THE AIR (PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF POLLUTION) RULES, 1982 (As amended to date) ## Page 2 THE AIR (PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF POLLUTION) RULES, 1982 DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 18th November, 1982 G.S.R. 712(E):-In exercise of the powers conferred by section 53 of Air Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 (14 of 1981) the Central Government in consultation with the Central Board for the Prevention and Control of Water Pollution hereby makes the following rules, namely :- CHAPTER 1 PRELIMINARY 1. SHORT TITLE AND COMMENCEMENT. (1) These rules may be called the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Rules, 1982. (2) They shall 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 Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981; (b) "Chairman" means the Chairman of the Central Board; (c) "form" means a form set out in the Schedules; (d) "meeting" means a meeting of the Central Board or a meeting of Committee constituted by the Central Board; (e) "member Secretary" means the member secretary of the Central Board; (f) "Schedule" means a Schedule appended to these rules; (g) "section" means a section of the Act; (h) "year" means the financial year commencing on the 1st day of April; (i) words and expressions not defined in these rules but defined in the Act shall have the meaning assigned to them in the Act. ## Page 3 The Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Rules, 1982 210 CHAPTER 2 PROCEDURE FOR TRANSACTION OF BUSINESS OF THE BOARD AND ITS COMMITTEES 3. NOTICE OF MEETINGS. (1) Meeting of the Central Board shall be held on such dates as may be fixed by the Chairman. (2) The Chairman shall, upon a written request