Draft Notification issued for Fire Detection and Protection system in Passenger (or Occupant) Compartment in buses

New Delhi, the 21st September, 2021

G.S.R. 645(E).—The following draft of certain rules further to amend the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989, which the Central Government proposes to make in exercise of the powers conferred by section 110 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (59 of 1988), is hereby published as required by sub-section

(1) of section 212 of the said Act for information of all persons likely to be affected thereby; and notice is hereby given that the said draft rules shall be taken into consideration after the expiry of thirty days from the date on which the copies of this notification as published in the Official Gazette, are made available to the public;

2. The objections or suggestions which may be received from any person with respect to the said draft rules before the expiry of the period aforesaid will be considered by the Central Government;

3. Objections and suggestions to these draft rules, if any, may be sent to the Joint Secretary (MVL), email: [email protected], Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Transport  Bhawan, Parliament Street, New Delhi-110 001.

Draft Rules

1.  Short  Title  and  commencement.  –  (1)  These  rules  may  be  called  the  Central  Motor  Vehicles (……Amendment) Rules, 2021.

(2) They shall come into force on the date of their final publication in the Official Gazette.

2. In the Central Motor Vehicle Rules 1989 (hereinafter referred as the said Rules), after the last proviso under sub-rule (1) in Rule 125-C, the following proviso shall be inserted as under:

Provided also that the provisions of AIS-135 shall be applicable to Type III buses, as specified in AIS- 052(Rev.1), which are manufactured on and after the 1st day of October, 2022;

3. In the said rules, after sub-rule (2) in Rule 125-C, the following proviso shall be inserted as under:-

Provided that the provisions on fire protection in occupant compartment of AIS-135 shall be applicable to school Buses, as specified in AIS-063, which are manufactured on and after the 1st day of October, 2022;

4. In rule 125-C, sub clause (7), Table 1, after Sr. No. 7, Sr. No. 7A shall be inserted as under: –

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 last amended vide notification number G.S.R.           (E) dated          _.

Comments have been sought on this notification from stakeholders within a period of thirty days.