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

THE AIR (PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF POLLUTION) ACT , 1981 DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT NOTIFICATION New Delhi the 18 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 . These rules may be called the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Rules , 1982 . 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 . CHAPTER 2 PROCEDURE FOR TRANSACTION OF BUSINESS OF THE BOARD AND ITS COMMITTEES 3 . Notice of meetings . Meeting of the Central Board shall be held on such dates as may be fixed by the Chairman . The Chairman shall , upon a written request of not less than five members of the Central Board or upon a direction of the Central Government , call a special meeting of the Central Board . Fift