2. Definitions.

(a) "Act" means the Delhi Plastic Bag (Manufacture, Sale and Usage) and Non-Biodegradable Garbage (Control) Act, 2000 (Delhi Act No. 6 of 2001);
(b) "authorized-officer" means any officer mentioned in column 2 for the purposes mentioned in column 3 of the Second Schedule;
(c) "fee" means the fee payable by the applicant along with the application form for seeking authorization as prescribed in the First Schedule;
(d) "Form" means a form appended to these rules;
(e) "Schedule" means a Schedule appended to these rules;
(f) "year" means the financial year commencing on the first day of April of each year;
(g) Words and expressions not defined in these rules but defined in the Act shall have the same meaning assigned to them in the Act.