Rule, 2016
A rule made under the The Environment (Protection) Act, 1986.
Made under The Environment (Protection) Act, 1986.
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EXTRAORDINARY
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 465] NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 2016/ ASADHA 15 , 1938
MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 6th July, 2016
G.S.R. 670(E).—In exercise of powers confirmed by sections 6, 8 and 25 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 ( 29 of 1986), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules to amend the Hazardous and Other Wastes (Management and Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2016, namely:-
1. (1) These rules may be called Hazardous and Other Wastes (Management and Transboundary Movement) Amendment Rules, 2016.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
2. In the Hazardous and Other Wastes (Management and Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2016 (hereinafter referred to the said rules), in rule 12, after sub-rule (6), the following sub-rule shall be inserted, namely:- “ 6A. The import of solid plastic waste at column (2), against Basel Number B3010 in Schedule VI, excluding post consumer wastes, is permitted to units in Special Economic Zones notified by the Central Government.”.
3. In the said rules, in Schedule III, in the Note, for the portion beginning with the words “ **** Import permitted in the country” and ending with the words “domestically manufactured”, the following shall be substituted, namely:- “ **** Import permitted in the country to the actual users or trader in accordance with the documents required and verified by the Custom Authority as specified under Schedule VIII of these rules. The policy for free trade for multifunction print and copying machine to be reviewed once the MFDs are domestically manufactured.” .
4. In the said rules, in Schedule VI, after the entries in column (2) against Basel Number B3010, the following Note shall be inserted, namely:- “Note.- Import is permitted to the units in special economic zones notified by the Central Government.”. BISHWANATH SINHA, Jt. Secy.
Note. The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number
GSR 395(E), dated the 4 th April, 2016.
and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054.
Provisions this rule answers to
Read out of the instrument itself: an enabling provision is one it says it was made under, which is the power it rests on. The rest it names without resting on.
- Environment (Protection) Act s. 3 Power of Central Government to take measures to protect and improve environment
- Environment (Protection) Act s. 6 Rules to regulate environmental pollution
- Environment (Protection) Act s. 8 Persons handling hazardous substances to comply with procedural safeguards
- Environment (Protection) Act s. 25 Power to make rules
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