Rule, 2005

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EXTRAORDINARY

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MINISTRY OF POWER

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the gth June, 2005 G.S. R, 387(E).*ln exercise ofpowers con lerred by suLsection ( I ) and clause (z) ofsub-section (2) ofsection I76 ofthe Elcctricity Act, 2003 (Act 36 of2003), the Central Govemment hereby makes the following rules, namely :- l. Shorttitleand com m€ncement.-( I ) These rules shall be called the Electricity (Procedure for Previous Publication) Rules, 2005.

(2) These rules shall come into force on the date oftheir publication in the OfficialGazene. 2, Definitions.-lD these rules, unless the context otherwise, requires,- (a)'Act" means the Electricity Act, 2003 (Act 36 of 2003);

(b) lhe \ ords and expressions used and not defined herein but defined in the Act shall have the meaning assigned to them in rhe Act.

J. Procedure of Prcvious Publication.-For the purpose of previous publication of regulations under sub- section (3) ofSection 177, sub-section (3) ofSection 178 and sub"section (3) ofSection l8l ofthe Act, the following procedurc shall apply :-

(l) the Authority or the Appropriate Commission shall, before making regulations, publish a draft ofthe rggulations for the information ofpersons likely to be affected lhereby;

(2) the publication shall be made in such manner as the Authority or the Appropriate Commission deems to be sufficient;

(3) there shall be published with rhe drafr regulations, a notice specirying a date on or after which the draft regulations will be taken into consideration;

(4) the Authoriry or the Appropriate Commission having powers to make regulations shali consider any objection or suggestion which may bc received bythe Authority orthe Appropriate Commission from any person with respect to the draft before the date so specilied. {, The publication in the Ofiicial Gazctte ofthe regulations made in exercise ofa power to make regulatio[s after previous publicaiion shall be conclusive proofthat the regulations have been duly made.

Other instruments under the same Act

All of the The Electricity Act, 2003