(l) The Central Government may* by notification in Official Power to Gazette, make rules for carrying out the purposes of this Act. "take rules.
(2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely: -
(a) the standards in excess of which environmental pollutants shall not be discharged or emitted under section 7;
(b) the procedure in accordance with and the safeguards in compliance with which hazardous substances shall be han dled or cause to be handled under section 8;
(c) the authorities or agencies to which intimation of the fact of occurrence or apprehension of occurrence of the discharge of any environmental pollutant in excess of the prescribed standards shallbe given and io whom all assistance shall be bound to be rendered under sub-section (1) of section 9;
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(d) ihe manner in which samples of air, water, soil or other substance for the purpose of analysis shall be taken under sub-section (1) of section 11;
(e) the form in which notice of intention to have a sample analysed shall be served under clause (a) of sub-section (3) of section 11;
(f) the functions of the environmental laboratories, the pro cedure for the submission to such laboratories of samples of air, water, soil and other substances for analysis or test; the form of laboratory report: the fees payable for such report and other matters to enable such laboratories to carry out their functions under sub-section (2) of section 12;
(g) the qualifications of Government Analyst appointed or recognised for the purpose of analysis of samples of air, water, soil or other substances under section 13;
(h) the manner in which notice of the offence and of the intention to make a complaint to the Central Government shall be given under clause (b) of section 19;
(i) the authority or officer to whom any reports, returns, statistics, accounts and other information shall be furnished under section 20;
(j) any other matter which is required to be, or may be.
prescribed.
Rules 26- Every rule made under this Act shall be laid, as soon as may made be after it is made, before each House of Parliament', while it is in ; ^ session, for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in .- wl i. J one session or in two or more successive sessions, and if, before the io be laic ' before expiry of the session immediately following the session or the Parliament, successive sessions aforesaid, both Houses agree in making any modification in the role or both Houses agree that the rule should not be made, the rule shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so. however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity .of anything previously done under that rule.
This Act of Parliament received the assent of the President of India on thc23rd May, 1986: -