Definitions

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) "Appellate Authority" means an Officer appointed by the State Government, who is at (east two rank higher than the Fire Officer as defined in Section 44 of this Act; (b) "Building" shalt have the same meaning assigned to it in the relevant municipal/urban law or any law for the time being in force in the area in which this Act is in force and includes places or premises comprising land or building, or part of a tand or building, whether authorized or otherwise, outhouses, if any, pertaining to such building or part thereof and petrol, diesel or gas lines, instaUations or pumps; (C) "Building bye-Laws" means the building bye-laws, rules and regulations made under any relevant municipal/urban law and includes the development control rules or regulations, by whatever name they are called, or any other building rules or regulations made under any other law for the time being in force and are in the area in which this Act is in force as amended from time to time and defined in Section 24 of this Act; (d) "Bye law" means fire safety regulations or norms or guidelines made under National Building Code of India, Model Building Bye-Laws by Government of India, Oil Industry Safety Directorate guidelines, Petroleum Act and Rules, Explosive Act and Rules of India relating to fire prevention, or any relevant guidelines by the central government or the State Government or Local Authority as amended time to time as defined in Section 24 of this Act; (e) "Bureau of Indian Standard (BIS)" means National Standard body of India established under 615 Act, 1986 as amended from time to time; (f) "Fire Officer" means an officer appointed by the State for fire stations and other field formations as per the Section S of this Act; (g) "Director" means the Director of the Fire a Emergency Service appointed by the State Government under Section 6 of this Act; (h) "Schedule of Formats" means compiled Formats with referential section associated with this Act under Chapter XII. (i) "Disasters" means disasters as defined in Disaster Management Act, 2005 as amended from time to time: (j) "Erector" means a person or association of persons, whether corporate or otherwise, who erects or makes a panda[ or any structure for occupation of people on a regular or temporary basis; (k) "Emergency" means any serious situation or occurrence including disasters, that happens unexpectedly and demands immediate action of Fire and Emergency Service of the State Government or Local Authority; (l) "Fire Station' means a building erected to house the firefighting equipment appliances and staff declared generally or specially by the State Government to be a Fire Station and other field formations as defined in Section 8 Of this Act; (m) "Fire Prevention and Life Safety Measures" means such measures as are necessary in accordance with the National Building Code of India for the containment, control, and extinguishing of fire and for ensuring the safety of Life and property in case of fire and as may be prescribed in the Rules made in this behalf; (n) "Fire Safety Officer" means the person appointed under Section 26 of Chapter V of this Act by the owner or occupier of certain premises and buildings as specified in this behalf to ensure fire prevention and fire safety measures installed in such premises and buildings; (o) "Fund" means fund constituted under Section 50 of this Act; (p) "State Government" means the Government of State or Union Territory; (q) "Local, Authority" means a municipal corporation, Municipality/ urban, Village Council, District Partchayat, Notified Area Committee/town committee or Cantonment Board constituted under relevant local authority law; (r) "Local Fire & Emergency Service" means Local Fire and Emergency Service as may be notified by the State Government (s) "Licensed agency" means a person or an association of persons having technical specialization equivalent to Divisional officer course (D.O. course) conducted by National Fire Service College, Nagpur or its (DO, course) equivalent course recognized by Government/degree in the field of Fire/ Civil/ Mechanical Engineering /Technology, Industrial Safety, Disaster Management or Chemical Science from a recognized university and having sufficient domain knowledge and accomplishments in the field of Fire Service. (t) "employee" means a person appointed to the Fire and Emergency Service under this Act; (u) "National Building Code" means the book or books containing Fire Prevention and Life Safety Measures to be implemented in the buildings, places, premises, workshops, warehouses and industries, published from time to time by the Bureau of Indian Standards; (v) "occupancy" means the principal occupancy for which a building or a part of the building is used or intended to be used including subsidiary occupancies which are Contingent upon it; (w) "Occupier" means- i. any person who, for the time being, is paying or is liable to pay, to the owner the rent or any portion of the rent Of the land or building in respect of which such rent is paid or is payable; ii. an owner in occupation of, or otherwise using his land or building; iii. a rent-free tenant of any Land or building; iv. a Licensee in occupation of any land or building; and V. any person who is Liable to pay to the owner damages for the use and occupation of any land or building-; (x) "Owner" includes a person who, for the time being,, is entitled to receive the rent of any land or building, whether on his own account or on account of himself and others or as an agent, trustee, guardian or receiver or any other person, or who should so receive the rent or be entitled to receive it if the Land or building or part thereof were let to a tenant; (y) "pandal" means a temporary structure with a roof or watts made of straw, hay, utu grass, golpatta, hogla, darma, mat, canvas, cloth or other like material which is not adopted for permanent or continuous occupancy; (z) "Standing Fire Advisory Council (SFAC)" means the advisory body constituted by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs to examine the technical problems relating to Fire Service and to make recommendation to the Government of India in the matter including the standardization of fire-fighting equipment through the Indian Standard Institutions; (aa) "Second Appellate Authority" means an Officer appointed by the State Government, who is at least one rank higher than the Appellate Authority as defined in Section 44 of this Act; (aa) "Nominated Authority" means an officer not below the rank of station officer nominated by the Director as a nominated authority for the purposes of this Act;