Section 78 of The Indian Ports Act, 2025: Power of Central Government to make rules in consultation with State Governments.
About this Act
An Act to consolidate the law relating to ports, promote integrated port development, facilitate ease of doing business and ensure the optimum utilisation of India's coastline; establish and empower State Maritime Boards for effective management of ports other than major ports; establish the Maritime State Development Council for fostering structured growth and development of the port sector; provide for the management of pollution, disaster, emergencies, security, safety, navigation, and data at ports; ensure compliance with India's obligations under international instruments to which it is a party; take measures for the conservation of ports; provide for adjudicatory mechanisms for the redressal of port-related disputes; and address matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
(2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:—
(a) the form and the manner of notification of any part of the navigable rivers or channels leading to ports under sub -clause (iii) of clause (a) of sub-section (3) of section 1;
(b) the norms, form and manner of notifying a new port and altering port limits under sub-section (2) of section 11;
(c) the action to be taken by the conservator and the directions to be issued to the persons under clause (a) of sub-section (5) of section 24;
(d) the manner of reporting of disease by the master under clause (b) of sub-section (5) of section 24;
(e) the conditions subject to which port shall provide reception facilities under section 36;
(f) the form and manner of preparing port waste reception and handling plan under sub-section (1) of section 38;
(g) the information about the port waste reception and handling plan and manner of communicating such information under sub-section (3) of section 38;
(h) the form, manner and time for submitting an advance waste notice under section 39;
(i) the conditions for delivery of vessel- generated waste under sub-section (1) of section 40;
(j) the form and manner of issuance of waste delivery receipt under sub-section (2) of section 40;
(k) the intervals and manner of conducting audit of ports under sub-section (1) of section 42;
(l) the manner of reporting incidents under sub-section (1) of section 44;
(m) the form, manner and time for reporting arrival of vessel at port under section 49;
(n) the manner of reporting of incidents under section 67;
(o) the provision of shore based welfare services under section 68.