NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 22nd
November, 2000
S.O. 1046(E) --- In exercise of the
powers conferred by clause (ii) of sub-section (2) of section 3, sub-section
(1) and clause (b) of sub-section (2) of section 6 and section 25 of
Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 (29 of 1986) read with rule 5 of the
Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986, the Central Government hereby makes the
following rules to amend the Noise Pollution (Regulation and Control) Rules,
2000, namely :-
1. (1) These rules may be called the Noise Pollution (Regulation
and Control) (Amendment) Rules, 2000.
(2) They shall come
into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
2. In the Noise
Pollution (Regulation and Control) Rules, 2000 (hereinafter referred to as the
said rules), in rule 2, —
(i)
for clause (c), the following clause shall be
substituted, namely:-
‘(c) “authority” means
and includes any authority or officer authorized by the Central Government, or
as the case may be, the State Government in accordance with the laws in force
and includes a District Magistrate, Police Commissioner, or any other officer
not below the rank of the Deputy Superintendent of Police designated for the
maintenance of the ambient air quality standards in respect of noise under any
law for the time being in force ;’;
(ii)
clause (d) and (e) shall be re-numbered as clauses
(g) and (h) respectively, and for clause (g) as so re-numbered, the following
clause shall be substituted namely:-
‘(g) “person” shall
include any company or association or body of individuals, whether incorporated
or not;’;
(iii)
after clause (c), the following clauses shall be
inserted, namely:-
‘(d) “court” means a governmental body consisting
of one or more judges who sit to adjudicate disputes and administer justice and
includes any court of law presided over a judge judges or a magistrate and
acting as a tribunal in civil, taxation and criminal case;
(e) ”educational
institution” means a school, seminary, college, university, professional
academies, training institutes or other educational establishment, not
necessarily a charted institution and includes not only buildings, but also all
grounds necessary for the accomplishment of the full scope of educational
instruction, including those things essential to mental, moral an physical
development.
(f) “hospital” means
an institution for the reception and care of sick, wounded, infirm or aged
persons, and includes government or private hospitals, nursing homes and
clinics;
3. In sub-rule (2) of
rule 3 of the said rules, for the words “may categorize”, the words “shall
categorize” shall be substituted.
4. In the Schedule to
the said rules, for Note: 3 and the entries relating thereto, the following
Note and entries shall be substituted namely:-
“3. Silence zone is an
area comprising not less than 100 metres around
hospitals, educational institutions, courts, religious places or any other area
which is declared as such by competent authority.”
[F. No. Q-14012/1/96-CPA]
K.ROY PAUL, Addl.
Secy.
Note:-
The
principal rules were published in the Gazette of India vide number S.o.123(E)
dated the 14TH February, 2000.