Notification, 2021

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EXTRAORDINARY

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

No. 315] NEW DELHI, TUESDAY, JUNE 8, 2021/JYAISTHA 18, 1943

MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 7th June, 2021

G.S.R. 393(E).—Whereas, the draft rules further to amend the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989 were published, as required under sub-section (1) of section 212 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (59 of 1988), vide notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, number

G.S.R 144(E), dated the 2nd March, 2021, in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) inviting objections and suggestions from all persons likely to be affected thereby, before the expiry of the period of thirty days from the date on which copies of the Official Gazette containing the said notification was published were made available to the public;

And, whereas, the copies of the said Official Gazette in which the said notification was published were made available to the public on the 2 nd March, 2021;

And, whereas, the objections and suggestions received from the public in respect of the said draft rules have been duly considered by the Central Government;

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 110 of the Motor Vehicles Act, (59 of 1988), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989, namely: —

1. Short title and commencement.—(1) These rules may be called as the Central Motor Vehicles (Twelfth Amendment) Rules, 2021.

(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

2. In the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989 (hereinafter referred to as the said rules), after rule 126C, the following rule shall be inserted, namely: - “126D. After Eighteen months from the date of publication of this notification in the Official Gazette, the testing agencies referred to in rule 126, shall conduct Whole Vehicle Safety Conformity of Production (WVSCoP) tests as specified in AIS-017-Part 6:2020, as amended from time to time, in accordance with the procedures laid down therein, on vehicles, manufactured or imported on and after the said date drawn from the manufacturer’s plant(s) or the importer’s premise(s), to verify whether these vehicles conform to the rules to which they have been type approved under rule 126:

Provided that nothing in this rule shall apply to the vehicles exempted by the Central Government from type approval requirements as per rule 126 or conformity of production requirements.”;

3. In the said rules, in rule 126A, for the words, “also conduct tests”, the words, “also conduct tailpipe emission tests” shall be substituted.

AMIT VARADAN, Jt. Secy.

Note: The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide notification number

G.S.R 590(E) dated the 2 nd June,1989 and last amended vide notification number

G.S.R. 343(E), dated the 25 th May, 2021.

and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054.

SURENDER MAHADASAM

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Other instruments under the same Act

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