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Core Purpose

Amends the Warehousing (Development and Regulation) Registration of Warehouses Rules, 2017 to introduce and define 'Administrator Warehouse Service Provider'.

Detailed Summary

This notification from the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution amends the Warehousing (Development and Regulation) Registration of Warehouses Rules, 2017. The amendment introduces the definition of 'Administrator Warehouse Service Provider' as an entity or person appointed by the Authority under rule 35 to manage, control, or liquidate goods. Furthermore, it exempts the 'Administrator Warehouse Service Provider' from certain requirements specified in rule 16(2)(e) and substitutes the term 'external person' with 'Administrator Warehouse Service Provider' in rule 35(3)(b) of the principal rules. These rules are called the Warehousing (Development and Regulation) Registration of Warehouses (Amendment) Rules, 2025 and shall be effective from the date of publication in the Official Gazette.

Full Text

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-17022025-261104 EXTRAORDINARY PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (i) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 103] NEW DELHI, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2025/MAGHA 28, 1946 MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION (Department of Food and Public Distribution) NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 13th February, 2025 G.S.R. 137(E).β€”In exercise of the powers conferred by clauses (a), (b) and (c) of sub-section (2) of section 50 of the Warehousing (Development and Regulation) Act, 2007 (37 0f 2007), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Warehousing (Development and Regulation) Registration of Warehouses Rules, 2017, namely: - 1. Short title and commencement.-(1) These rules may be called the Warehousing (Development and Regulation) Registration of Warehouses (Amendment) Rules, 2025. (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. 2. In the Warehousing (Development and Regulation) Registration of Warehouses Rules, 2017, (hereinafter referred to as the said rules), in rule 2, in sub rule (1), after clause (a), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:- "(aa) "Administrator Warehouse Service Provider" means any entity or person or warehouseman appointed by the Authority to take control of and manage, or take control and liquidate goods, under rule 35; " 3. In the said rules, in rule 16, in sub rule (2), after clause (e), the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:- "Provided that the above requirement shall not be applicable to Administrator Warehouse Service Provider appointed by the Authority under Rule 35; " 4. In the said rules, in rule 35, in sub rule (3), in clause (b), for the word, "external person" the word "Administrator Warehouse Service Provider" shall be substituted". [F. No.13/2024-Stg-II] ANITA KARN. Jt. Secy. Note :- The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Subsection (i), vide number G.S.R. 165(E), dated the 23rd February, 2017 and was last amended vide notification number G.S.R. 311(E), dated 4th June, 2024.

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