Chapter III SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

(1) There shall be an Authority to be called the Special Economic Zone Development Authority for the purposes of this Act. (2) The Authority shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and common seal and may sue or be sued in its corporate name. (3) (a) The Authority shall consist of the Chairperson and other members as follows, namely:- (i) the Chief Secretary to the Government of Gujarat, ex-officio who shall be the Chairperson; (ii) the Secretary to the Government of Gujarat, Industries and Mines Department, ex-officio; (iii) the Secretary to the Government of Gujarat, Energy and Petrochemicals Department, ex-officio; (iv) the Secretary to the Government of Gujarat, Finance Department, ex-officio; (v) the Secretary to the Government of Gujarat, Narmada, Water Resources, Water Supply and Kalpsar Department, ex-officio; (vi) the Secretary to the Government of Gujarat, Forest and Environment Department, ex-officio; (vii) the Secretary to the Government of Gujarat, Labour and Employment Department, ex-officio; (viii) the Secretary to the Government of Gujarat, Urban Development and Urban Housing Department, ex-officio;

(1) The headquarters of the Authority shall be at Gandhinagar or at such other place as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, specify;

(2) The Authority shall meet at such times and places and shall observe such rules of procedure in regard to the transactions of its business at its meetings as may be provided by the regulations;

(3) No act or proceedings of the Authority shall be invalid by reason of the existence of any vacancy thereto or defect in the constitution thereof.

(1) The functions of the Authority shall be to secure planned development of the Special Economic Zone in the State and it shall be primarily responsible for the promotion, development and functioning of the Zones in the State.

(2) For the purpose of development of the Zone, the Authority shall have following powers and perform the following functions, namely:-

(a) to recommend the name of Developer to the State Government in the manner as may be prescribed, for a part or whole of infrastructure facilities and amenities of the Zone, notwithstanding anything contained in the Gujarat Infrastructure Development Act, 1999;

(b) to prepare the guidelines for the development of the Zone and for peripheral area with regard to land usage, floor space level, environmental provisions, safety measures and such other matters as may be directed by the State Government;

(c) to prepare techno-economic feasibility report or a detailed project report as may be required for the development of the Zone when the Zone is to be established by the State Government or the Corporation owned and controlled by the State Government;

(d) to acquire land in the Zone, by consent agreement or through proceedings under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 for the purposes of this Act;

(e) to approve allocation of the Government land in the Zone in the manner as may be prescribed;

(f) to enter into joint venture arrangement for development of different components or activity of the project of the Zone when the Zone is to be established by the State Government or the Corporation owned and controlled by the State Government;

(g) to co-ordinate with the departments of the State Government and the Central Government and ensure timely implementation of projects and plans of the Zone;

(h) to perform such other functions as may be assigned by the Government of India for development of the Zone;

(i) to perform such other functions as may be assigned by the State Government.

(3) Without prejudice to the provisions of sub-sections (1) and (2), the Authority shall exercise the following powers and perform following functions, namely:-

(a) to ensure the compliance of the approved master plan and may approve any modification in the plan if required by the Developer and provide the guiding principles for town planning and urban development standards to be implemented by the Developer;

(b) to nominate member in the Special Economic Zone Development Board, Approval Committee, Development Committee and other committees as may be required;

(c) to oversee the activities and compliance of functions of Approval committee and Development Committee of respective Zone and to provide guidance;

(d) to constitute such other committees as may be necessary to perform any specific function of the Zone.

(4) The Authority may, by general or special order, delegate such of its powers and functions, on such conditions as may be specified in the order, to the Development Commissioner or to the Development Committee of the Zone.

(1) The Authority may appoint Member-Secretary and such other officers and employees as it considers necessary for the performance of its functions.

(2) The Member-Secretary, officers and employees appointed under sub-section (1) shall be governed by such terms and conditions of service as may be determined by the regulations.

(3) The Member-Secretary, officers and employees shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as may assigned to them by the Authority.