In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— 2[(a) “authorised officer” means the Commissioner of Land Revenue authorised under section 2B and includes the officer entrusted by the Government under the said section to assist him];
3[(aa)] “District Collector” means the Collector of the District;
1. 15th day of April 2002 vide S.R.O.No. 260/2002 dated 12.04.2002 published in the Kerala Gazette Extraordinary No. 472 dated 15.04.2002.
2. Inserted by Act 15 of 2013 (w.e.f 25-11-2012).
3. Re-lettered by Act 15 of 2013 (w.e.f 25-11-2012).
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(b) “District Expert Committee” means the District Expert Committee constituted under section 3;
1[(ba) “State High Level Committee” means the State High Level Committee constituted under section 2A];
(c) “Fund” means the River Management Fund maintained under section 17;
(d) “Government” means the Government of Kerala;
(e) “Kadavu” means a river ban, or water body where removal of sand is carried out;
(f) “Kadavu Committee” means the Kadavu Committee constituted under section 4;
(g) “Local Authority” means a Village Panchayat constituted under the Kerala Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 (13 of 1994) or a Municipality constituted under the Kerala Municipality Act, 1994 (20 of 1994);
(h) “Municipality” means a Town Panchayat or a Municipal Council or Municipal Corporation constituted under the Kerala Municipality Act, 1994 (20 of 1994);
(i) “Notification” means a notification published in the Gazette under this Act;
(j) “Prescribed” means prescribed by the rules made under this Act;
(k) “Section” means a section of this Act;
1. Inserted by Act 15 of 2013 (w.e.f 25-11-2012).
4 1[(ka) “Special Protection Force” means the Special Protection Force constituted under section 26A];
(l) “Grama Panchayat” means a Village Panchayat constituted under section 4 of the Kerala Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 (13 of 1994);
(m) “Block Panchayat” means a Block Panchayat constituted under section 4 of the Kerala Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 (13 of 1994);
(n) “District Panchayat” means a District Panchayat constituted under section 4 of the Kerala Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 (13 of 1994).
CHAPTER II CONSTITUTION OF COMMITTEES 2[2A. Constitution of State High Level Committee.— (1) The Government shall, by notification in the Gazette, constitute a State High Level Committee to scrutinize the schemes recommended by the District Expert Committee and to grant approval to them.
(2) The State High Level Committee constituted under sub-section (1) shall consist of the following members, namely:—
(i) The Minister for Revenue .. Chairman
(ii) The Secretary to Government in-charge of the Revenue Department .. Convener
1.Inserted by Act 15 of 2013 (w.e.f 25-11-2012).
2.Inserted by Act 15 of 2013 (w.e.f 25-11-2012).
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(iii) Law Secretary .. Member
(iv) The Commissioner of Land Revenue .. Member
(v) Director of the Centre for Earth Science Studies .. Member
(vi) One Additional Director General of Police to be nominated by the Government .. Member
(vii) Chief Engineer of the Irrigation Department to be nominated by the Government .. Member
(viii) Two Environmental Scientists to be nominated by the Government .. Members
(ix) Two Environmentalists to be nominated by the Government .. Members
(3) The State High Level Committee shall meet at least once in two months at such time and place as the Chairman may decide.
(4) The quorum for the meeting of the State High Level Committee shall be five and one among them shall be a scientist under item (viii) of sub-section (2).
(5) No administrative sanction shall be given to any scheme recommended by the District Expert Committee unless it is approved by the State High Level Committee.
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(6) The State High Level Committee shall have the power to give approval to any scheme as it may deem fit, even without recommendation of the District Expert Committee.
(7) The term of the members other than official members in the State High Level Committee, shall be three years from the date of nomination and shall be eligible for re-nomination.
(8) The non-official members who have completed their term may, continue in the committee till new members are nominated in their place.