[To be published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-II, Section 3, Sub-section (i)]

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Parent: THE PUBLIC LIABILITY INSURANCE ACT, 1991 (e68643f0926c18eafeca5e0a4965e4ad1f9fa6eb)

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[To be published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-II, Section 3, Sub-section (i)] MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT AND FORESTS th New Delhi, the 4 November; 2008. NOTIFICATION G.SR 768 (E):~In exercise of the powers conferred by section 7A of the Public Liability Insurance Act; 1991(16 of 1991), the Central Government hereby makes the following scheme, namely: 1. Short title and commencement. (1)The scheme may be called the Environment Relief Fund Scheme, 2008 (2) It shall come into force on the date of its publication in the Official Gazette: 2. Definitions. In this scheme, unless context otherwise requires; a Act"= means the Public Liability Insurance Act; 1991(16 of 1991); b) "claims" means the claims for relief arising out of an accident covered by the scheme; "claimant" means persons, owners or agents as specified in sub-section (1) of section 6 of the Act; ~Form means a form appended to this scheme; "Fund Manager= means an organisation selected to manage the Environment Relief Fund as indicated in paragraph 4; "rules means the Public Liability Insurance Rules, 1992; words and expressions used in this scheme but not defined and defined in the Act and the rules made thereunder shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in the Act and rules. 33 Establishment of Relief Fund by the Central Government: (1)From the appointed day there shall be established by the Central Government, for the purposes of this scheme, a Fund to be called the Environment Relief Fund. The Relief Fund shall be managed and administered by the Fund Manager: 3 The Fund Manager shall open one or more accounts in the nationalised banks to administer the Relief Fund. There shall be credited into the Relief Fund amounts equal to that of premium of the insurance policy taken by the owner 

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1 · Short title and commencement. (1)The scheme may be called the Environment Relief Fund Scheme, 2008

2 · Definitions.

33 · Establishment of Relief Fund by the Central Government: (1)From the appointed day there shall be established by the Central Government, for the purposes of this scheme, a Fund to be called the Environment Relief Fund.

3 · The Fund Manager shall open one or more accounts in the nationalised banks to administer the Relief Fund.

4 · Fund Manager: (1) The United India Insurance Company Limited shall be the Fund Manager for a period of five years from the date of notification of this Scheme.

5 · Operation of the Relief Fund. (1) From the date of publication of this scheme, the Fund Manager shall open and operate a separate account in any Nationalised Bank for administering the Relief Fund in the name and style of "United Insurance Company Limited-Environment Relief Fund A/C"

8 · The liability of the Fund Manager for making the payments from the Relief Fund shall be limited only to the extent of balance available in the corpus.

7 · Disbursement of relief: (1) An application for claim for relief shall be made to the Collector in form-I and the Collector shall award the amount of relief to the claimant in Form-II

2 · The payment of claims shall be made to all the affected persons on first come first serve basis o as may be decided by the Collector from time to time.

8 · The Collector shall furnish accounts relating to the disbursement of relief amounts under the Relief Fund within forty-five days to the Fund Manager:

8 · Accounts and audit. (1) The Fund Manager shall maintain proper accounts and other relevant records and prepare an annual statement of accounts for each State and Union Territory up to 31 March of every year showing the collection of amounts by them for crediting the said amounts into the Relief Fund.

9 · Power to relax. Where the Central Government is satisfied that the operation of any of the provisions of this scheme causes undue hardship to the claimants, it may, by order, for reasons to be recorded in writing, relax the requirement of that provision in a manner not inconsistent with the provisions of the Act o the rules made thereunder:

1 · Fund Manager 2. Office of the Insurance Company 3_ The Claimant 4. Collector office file 5. The Owner concerned

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