Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board, Act,2006
Act No : 19
Section :
Grant of authorisation.
19. Grant of authorisation.-(1) When, either on the basis of an application for authorisation for laying, building, operating or expanding a common carrier or contract carrier or for laying, building, operating or expanding a city or local natural gas distribution network is received or on suo motu basis, the Board forms an opinion that it is necessary or expedient to lay, build, operate or expand a common carrier or contract carrier between two specified points, or to lay, build, operate or expand a city or local natural gas distribution network in a specified geographic area, the Board may give wide publicity of its intention to do so and may invite applications from interested parties to lay, build, operate or expand such pipelines or city or local natural gas distribution network. (2) The Board may select an entity in an objective and transparent manner as specified by regulations for such activities.
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