Rule, 2015

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EXTRAORDINARY

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MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 8th July, 2015

G.S.R. 546(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. 745 (E), dated the 27th October, 2014 in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-Il, 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 said notification containing the draft rules were made available to the public; And whereas, copies of the said Gazette notification were made available to the public on the 27th October, And whereas, the· objections and suggestions received from the public in respect of the said draft rules have been considered by the Central Government;

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by clause (m) of sub-section {l) of Section 110 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (59 of 1988), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989, namely: - I. (I) These rules may be called the Central Motor Vehicles (Eleventh Amendment) Rules, 2015.

(2) They shall come into force on the I" day of January, 2016.

2. In the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989 (hereinafter referred to as the principal rules), after rule 125D the following rule shall be inserted, namely:- " I 25E. Special requirements of motor vehicles transporting livestock- (1) On and after, the I st January, 2016, motor vehicles used for transportation of livestock by road shall be in accordance with the specifications of the Bureau of Indian Standards as provided in IS-14904:2007; or IS-5238:2001; or ' IS-5236: 1982, as the case may be, as amended from time to time and the transporter or consigner of the livestock shall follow the code of practice laid down in the respective specification regarding the transport of the livestock.

(2) Subject to sub-rule (I), the motor vehicles for carrying animals shall have permanent partitions in the , body of the vehicle so that the animals are carried individually in each partition where the size of the partition shall not be less than the following namely:-

(i) Cows and buffalos = 2 sq. mts.

(ii) Horses and mares = 2.25 sq. mts.

(iii) Sheep and goat= 0.3 sq. mts.

(3) No motor vehicles meant for carrying animals shall be permitted to carry any other goods.

(4) The Regional Transport Officer shall issue special licences for the motor vehicles meant for carrying animals on the basis of vehicles modified in accordance with the provisions of sub-rule (2).''. SANJAY BANDOPADHYAYA, Jt. Secy.

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

G.S.R. 590(E), dated the 2nd June, 1989 and lastly amended vide notification number 498(E), dated 16-06-2015.

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Other instruments under the same Act

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