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THE LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS.....ORDER, 2001 767

(d) “Auto Liquefied Petroleum Gas Import Substitution” means import of auto
LPG by a Government oil company or parallel marketeer for auto LPG, as
a substitution for—
(i) use of indigenous Liquefied Petroleum Gas as auto LPG, produced
from specific refineries or fractionators, authorised by the Central
Government;
(ii) Liquefied Petroleum Gas through petrochemical units as authorised
by Central Government from time to time, conforming to Indian
Standard Specification IS : 14861;
(e) “Auto Liquefied Petroleum Gas Tank” means a steel container for storage
and transport of auto liquefied petroleum gas fitted permanently in a motor
vehicle or vehicle as its fuel tank, for automotive fuel and filled in that
position, having a volume exceeding five hundred milli-litres but less than
thousand litres, as approved by the Chief Controller of Explosives under
Gas Cylinder Rules, 1981, and conforming to the Indian Standard
Specification No. IS : 14899;
(f) “Chief Controller of Explosives” shall have the same meaning assigned to
it in the Explosives Act, 1884 (4 of 1884);
(g) “Consumer” means a registered owner of a motor vehicle or a person
having in his possession a motor vehicle or vehicle fitted with an auto
Liquefied Petroleum Gas tank and a conversion kit as notified by the
Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, and
runs such motor vehicle by using auto LPG as automotive fuel alone or with
some other petroleum fuel;
(h) “Conversion kit or original equipment manufacturer (OEM) fittings” means
a complete system assembly, duly tested by one of the testing agencies
mentioned in the Central Motor Vehicles (3rd Amendment) Rules, 2001 and
approved by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, in a bi-fuel
mode;
(i) “Government Oil Company” means an oil refining company or oil
marketing company being a Government company as defined in section 617
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of the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956) and specified in Schedule V;
(j) “Government Oil Company System” means the system under which a
Government Oil Company carries on any or all of the business of importing
(including Auto LPG Import Substitution), storing, distribution or selling
LPG for automotive purpose through dispensing stations;
(k) “Indian Standard” shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in clause
(g) of section 2 of the Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 1986 (63 of 1986);
(l) “motor vehicle” or “vehicle” shall have the same meaning assigned to it in
sub-section (28) of section 2 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (59 of 1988);
(m) “parallel marketeer for auto LPG” means any person, firm, company,
institution, association of persons, co-operative society or organisation
other than a Government Oil Company carrying on all or any of the business
of importing (including Auto LPG Import Substitution), storing, marketing,
distributing and selling of auto LPG for automotive purpose under the
parallel marketing system and having a rating certificate as specified in
Schedule II;

1 Now the Companies Act, 2013 (18 of 2013).