Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Regulation of Supply and Distribution) Order; 2000 MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM AND NATUAL GAS

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:

2 · Definitions: In this Order; unless the context otherwise requires: -

3 · Restriction on unauthorized possession supply and consumption of liquefied petroleum gas: -

4 · Restriction on storage and transport of liquefied petroleum gas (1) No person shall: -

5 · Restriction on sale or distribution of 1 liquefied petroleum gas below or in excess of the standard weight;- No Government Oil Company, distribution or parallel marketer shall supply, sell O distribute to a consumer liquefied petroleum gas in cylinders which contains less than O in excess of the weight of liquefied petroleum gas specified in the Schedules I[ and III or as indicated on the cylinder

6 · Prohibition 0n carrying unauthorized business of selling LPG;

7 · Possession, supply or sale of liquefied petroleum gas equipments: -

8 · Display of stock and price of liquefied petroleum gas Every distributor shall permanently display the stock and price of the liquefied petroleum gas at a conspicuous place of the business premises including the storage point, showing:-

9 · Procurement; storage and sale of liquefied petroleum gas by a distributor:-

10 · Maintenance of register, account books by a distributor: (a) Every distributor shall maintain proper accounts of daily purchase, sale and storage of liquefied petroleum gas at the business premises indicating therein:

11 · Assessment and Certification Rating of parallel marketers: (1), (a) No parallel marketer shall commence any activity such as importing, strong transporting, bottling marketing, distribution sale Or any activity incidental thereto, relating to the business of liquefied petroleum gas without obtaining a rating certificate, for his capability, infrastructure network and readiness to carry out professed business and deliver goods and services promised, provision for adequate safely backup for transport ion accident relief during transportation, and attending to emergency complaints of consumers by an agency given in Schedule-IV, on the basis of its evaluation and rating:

12 · Maintenance of record and furnishing of information by parallel marketeer:-

13 · Power of entry, search and seizure: - (1) Any officer of the Central or the State Government not below the rank of inspector duly authorized by a general or a special order; by the Central Government or the State Government, as the case may be or any officer of a Government Oil Company not below the rank of Sales Officer, authorized by the Central Government, may with a view to securing due compliance of this Order or any other order made there under: (a) Stop and search any vessel or vehicle used or capable of being used for the transport Or storage of any petroleum product: (b) Enter and search any place. c) seize stocks of liquefied petroleum gas along with container andlor equipments, such as cylinders, gas cylinder valves, pressure regulators and seals in respect of which he has reason to believe that a contravention of this Order has been Or is being or is about to be made. (2) The sales officer of a Government Oil Company shall be authorized to secures compliance of this Order by the distributors appointed under the public distribution system and or by the consumer registered by them:

14 · Overriding effect of the Order: The provisions of this Order shall have overriding effect not withstanding anything contained in any Order made by a State Government or a Union Territory Administration:

15 · Power to exempt: The Central Government may, if it considers necessary, for avoiding any hardship O in consideration of the public interest, by a notification in the Official Gazette exempt any person or class of persons from all or any of the provisions of this Order; either generally O for any specific purpose and subject to such conditions as may be specified in the notification:

16 · Repeal and Saving:- The Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Regulation of Supply and Distribution) Order, 1993 is hereby repealed.

1 · Forced sale of Stove/Hotplates to the consumers:

2 · Recovery of unauthorized charges from applicant at the time of registration/release of new connection.

3 · Supply of partially used cylinder/pilfering product from cylinderlcylinders with pilfered product to LPG consumer:

4 · Unauthorized andlor out of turn release of new LPG connections.

5 · Unauthorized diversion of domestic cylinder for non-domestic use of LPG. 6_ Acceptance of fake documents including Termination Vouchers and Transfer Termination Vouchers.

7 · . Possession of spurious LPG equipment

8 · Induction of spurious LPG equipment and/or replacement by spurious equipment

9 · Manipulation of mandatory records.

10 · Non-home delivery of LPG refill supplies to consumer andlor not giving rebate on non-home delivery to LPG consumer

11 · Overcharging by distributor o LPG refill supplies installation charges, mechanic charges and/or any other charges authorized by the Government Oil Company.

12 · Refusal to register requests for new connection and/or double bottle connection:

1 · Forced sale of Stove/Hotplates to the consumers

2 · Supply of partially used cylinder/pilfering product from cylinder/cylinder with pilfered product to LPG consumer:

1 · The cylinder used by a parallel marketeer shall be provided with a valve protection ring different in shape from that in the cylinder used by a Government Oil Company:

2 · The cylinder used by a parallel marketeer shall be clearly marked with Colour Band and logo of their respective company, firm or person marketing liquefied petroleum gas, as approved by the Chief Controller of Explosive.

3 · Maximum permissible error 0n net quantities declared by weight or by volume shall be as below: -

1 · CRISIL Nirlon Hoose, Znd Floor; (The Credit Rating Information 254 B, Annie Besant Road, Services of India Ltd) Worli Bombay-400025.

3 · MDRA Secular House, 9/1, Institutional (Marketing and Development Research Area, Opp: JNU, NDelhi-67. Associates)

4 · ICRA Kailash Building, 4th Floor (Investment Information Credit 26, Kasturba Gandhi Marg, Relating Agency of India Ltd.) New Delhi-1.

5 · Total investment planned:

6 · Total investment made up to date.

7 · Promoter' s equity.

8 · Proposed/likely date of commissioning:

1 · Market Standing of the Company: A. Constitution of the firm.

2 · Marketing Plans for Liquefied Petroleum Gas:

2 · 3 Infrastructure for Liquefied Petroleum Gas

2 · 4 Commercial arrangements andlor consortium for Liquefied Petroleum Gas (if own facilities are not planned):

3 · Storage and Distribution arrangement for Liquefied Petroleum Gas

4 · Arrangement planned to reach the product to consumption Centres/Markets: Details of distributor network planned/already appointed. Details of the basis of distributors appointment: Details of showroom/sales room/office and godown plannedlexisting along with status of approvals. Details of Distribution arrangement between the distributors godown and the consumer.

5 · Product Familiarity Training and Provision for Safety: A. Operational knowledge of product (Liquefied Petroleum Gas) And its handling: The capability and preparedness to meet the safety requirement in Liquefied Petroleum Gas its transportation and accident relief during transportation. Plans for training the staff and the consumer on safe handling of equipment product: Recruitment policy and standards for the staff: Familiarity with Gas Control Orders, Explosives Rules and other applicable local acts.

6 · Marketing Discipline and Guidelines proposed to be adopted: Code of conduct for distributors and delivery men: System to monitor and control adulteration and unauthorized diversion of products.

7 · Organization in place/proposed for the parallel marketing of Liquefied Petroleum Gas: Details of Organization Structure. Level of managerial involvement of the promoter

8 · Financial Commitment:- Total estimated project cost. Planned (phase-wise) resource mobilization: Resources arranged and investment made aS 0n date. Proof of A,B and C above, Extra Sheets may be used if required: