Draft notification for Gas Cylinders (Amendment) Rules, 2017 - F. No. 2(1)/2017-Expls. - G.S.R. 886(E) - Indian Law

MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion) NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 17th July, 2017 G.S.R. 886(E). -The draft of the following rules to amend the Gas Cylinders Rules, 2016 which the Central Government proposes to make in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 5 and 7 of the Explosives Act, 1884 (4 of 1884) is hereby published as required by sub-section (1) of section 18 of the said act for information of all persons likely to be affected thereby; and notice is hereby given that the said draft rules shall be taken into consideration after forty-five days from the date on which the copies of the Gazette of India containing this notification are made available to the public; Objections or suggestions, if any, to these draft rules may be sent to the Joint Secretary (Explosives), Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Room No. 259, Udyog Bhawan, New Delhi-110 107, email : [email protected], within the period specified above; The objections or suggestions which may be received from any person with respect to the said draft rules within the period above so specified shall be taken into consideration by the Central Government. Draft Rules 1. Short title and commencement (1) These rules may be called the Gas Cylinders (Amendment) Rules, 2017. (2) They shall come into force on the date of their final publication in the Official Gazette. 2. In the Gas Cylinders Rules, 2016, (hereinafter referred to as the said rules), in rule 2,- (a) after clause (ii), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:- (iia) Auto LNG means a liquefied natural gas meant for automotive fuel ; (b) for the clause (xxiii) relating to the definition of term gas cylinder or cylinder and as occurring after the clause (xxvii), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:- (xxviii) gas cylinder or cylinder means any closed metal container having a volume exceeding 500 ml but not exceeding 1000 liters intended for the storage and transport of compressed gas, including any liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) container or liquefied natural gas (LNG) container or compressed natural gas (CNG) cylinder fitted to a motor vehicle as its fuel tank but not including any other such container fitted to a special transport or undercarriage and includes a composite cylinder and cryogenic container, however, the water capacity of cylinder used for storage of CNG, nitrogen, compressed air, etc. may exceed 1000 liters up to 3000 liters provided the diameter of such cylinder does not exceed 60cm ; (c) after clause (xxxix), the following clause shall be inserted, namely :- (xxxixa) liquefied natural gas means a fluid in the cryogenic liquid state composed predominantly of methane; . [F. No. 2(1)/2017-Expls.] SHAILENDRA SINGH, Jt. Secy. Note: The principle rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide notification number G.S.R. 1081(E), dated the 22nd November, 2016.