(1) In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires,-
(a) ‘Act’ means the Consumer Protection Act, 2019 (Central Act No. 35 of 2019);
(b) ‘Appellant’ means a person who makes an appeal against the order of the District Commission in the State Commission;
(c) ‘Authorized agent’ means a person duly authorized by a party to present any complaint, appeal, revision, application or to file written version or to file any written submissions and address or plead, as the case may be, for and on behalf of such a party before the District Commission or the State Commission;
(d) ‘Central rules’ means the Consumer Protection (Consumer Disputes Redressal Commissions) Rules, 2020;
(e) ‘Consumer Commission’ means a District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission or a State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, as the case may be;
(f) ‘Consumer Welfare Fund’ means the Consumer Welfare Fund established by the State Government or, as the case may be, by the Central Government under section 57 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (Central Act No. 12 of 2017) ;
(g) ‘District Commission’ means a District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission established under sub-section (1) of section 28 of the Act;
(h) ‘District Council’ means the District Consumer Protection Council established under sub-section (1) of section 8 of the Act;
(i) ‘Mediation Cell’ means Consumer Mediation Cell established under section 74 of the Act;
(j) ‘Memorandum’ means any memorandum of appeal filed by the appellant;
(k) ‘Opposite Party’ means a person who answers a complaint under the Act;
(l) ‘President’ means the President of the State Commission or the District Commission, as the case may be;
(m) ‘Public Utility Service’ means any,- 1352 रारस् ाान रार-पत्र, सितम् बर 8, 2021 भाग 4(ग)
(i) transport service for the carriage of passengers or goods by air, road or water, or
(ii) postal, telegraph, telephone or broadband service, or
(iii) supply of power, light or water or fuel or natural gas to the public by any establishment, or
(iv) insurance service, or
(v) service in, or in connection with, the working of any major port or dock, or
(vi) any other service specified by the State Government;
(n) ‘Registrar’ means the Head of the ministerial establishment of the State Commission and exercising such powers and functions as are conferred upon him by the President of the State Commission;
(o) ‘Respondent’ means the person who answers any memorandum of appeal;
(p) ‘Section’ means a section of the Act;
(q) ‘State’ means the State of Rajasthan;
(r) ‘State Commission’ means a State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission established under sub-section (1) of section 42; and
(s) ‘State Council’ means the State Consumer Protection Council established under subsection (1) of section 6 of the Act.
(2) The words and expressions used herein but not defined and defined in the Act shall have the meaning assigned to them in the Act.