Bus Body

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-07032024-252690 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (i) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 147] | NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 2024/PHALGUNA 16, 1945 MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 6th March, 2024 2 | THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY | [PART II-SEC. 3(i)] MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 6th March, 2024 G.S.R. 159(E).—WHEREAS, the draft of certain rules to amend the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989, were published, as required under sub-section (1) of section 212 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (59 of 1988), vide notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways number G.S.R. 724(E), dated the 5th October, 2023, in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), inviting objections and suggestions from all persons likely to be affected thereby within a period of thirty days from the date on which copies of the official Gazette containing the said notification were made available to the public; AND WHEREAS, copies of the said Gazette notification were made available to the public on the 6th October, 2023; AND WHEREAS, objections and suggestions received from the public in respect of the said draft rules have been duly considered by the Central Government; [PART II-SEC. 3(i)] | 3 NOW, THEREFORE, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 110 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (59 of 1988), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989, namely:- 1. Short title and commencement.-(1) These rules may be called the Central Motor Vehicles (Fourth Amendment) Rules, 2024. (2) They shall come into force with effect from 1st September, 2025. 2. In the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989 (hereinafter referred to as the said rules), in rule 47, in sub-rule (1), in clause (v), in sub-clause(g), the words, figures and letter, “and, in case of self-certification of the bus body built on a drive away chassis by a bus body structure fabricator, certificate of compliance in Form 22B" shall be omitted. 3. In the said rules, in rule 125C,- (a) in sub-rule (1), after the proviso and the Table, following proviso shall be inserted, namely:— "Provided further that, the testing and approval of body building of buses with seating capacity of 13 or more passenger excluding driver, by bus body builder shall be in accordance with AIS:052 (Revision 1)-2008 and shall be a type approved by the Test Agencies specified under rule 126."; (b) in sub-rule (7), after clause (b), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:- “(c) The buses with seating capacity exceeding 22 passenger excluding driver, built by bus body builder shall meet the requirements as per AIS-153.". 4. In the said rules, in rule 126, the tenth and eleventh provisos shall be omitted. 5. In the said rules, Form 22B shall be omitted. [F. No. RT-11028/02/2013-MVL] Mahmood Ahmed, Addl. Secy. Note : The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, sub-section (i) vide notification number G.S.R. 590(E), dated the 2nd June, 1989 and lastly amended vide notification number G.S.R. 141(E), dated 27th February, 2024. Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring Road, Mayapuri, New Delhi-110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054. SARVESH KUMAR SRIVASTAVA