In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires, -

(a) "Act" means the Central Excise Act, 1944(1 of 1944), or, as the case may be, the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962 );

(b) "Applicant" means any agency /organisation engaged in consumer welfare activities for a period of three yearsregistered under the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956) or under any other law forthe time being in force, including village/mandal/samiti level co-operatives ofconsumers especially Women, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, or anyindustry as defined in the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 (14 of 1947)recommended by the Bureau to be engaged for a period of five years in viableand useful research activity which has made, or is likely to make, significantcontribution in formulation of standard mark of the products of massconsumption, the Central Government or the State Government, and includes aconsumer for the purpose of reimbursing legal expenses as referred to in clause(d) of rule-8 of these rules;

(c) "Application" means an application in Form AI, appended to theserules;

(d) "Bureau" means the Bureau of IndianStandards constituted under the Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 1986 (63 of 1986);

(e) "Central Consumer Protection Council" means the Central Consumer Protection Council established under sub-section (1)of section 4 of the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 (68 of 1986), for promotionand protection of rights of consumers;

(f) "Committee" means the Committee constituted under rule 5;

(g) "Consumer" has the same meaning asassigned to it in clause (d) of sub-section (1) of section 2 of the ConsumerProtection Act, 1986 (68 of 1986), and includes consumer of goods on which dutyhas been paid;

(h) "Consumer Welfare Fund" means the fundestablished by the Central Government under sub-section (1) of section 12C ofthe Central Excise Act, 1944 (1 of 1944);

(i) "Duty" means the duty paid under the Act;

(ia) "Proper Officer" means the officer having the power under the Act to make an orderthat the whole or any part of the duty is refundable;

(j) "Standard mark" shall have the samemeaning as assigned to it in clause (t) of section 2 of the Bureau of IndianStandards Act, 1986 (63 of 1986);

(k) "Welfare of the Consumers" includes promotion and protection of rightsof consumers;

(l) Words and expressions used in the rules and notdefined but defined in the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 (68 of 1986) shallhave the meanings respectively assigned to them in that Act.