Electronic Cargo Tracking System Regulations, 2019

Regulation 2. Definitions

(1) In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires-

(a) ‘Act’ means the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962);

¹[(b) “authorised carrier” means an authorised sea carrier, authorised train operator or custodian, registered under regulation 3A;

(ba) “authorised sea carrier” means the master of the vessel carrying imported goods, export goods and coastal goods or his agent or any other person notified by the Central Government in terms of sub-section (1) of section 30 of the Act, in the case of a vessel;

(bb) “authorised train operator” means the train operator carrying imported goods and export goods;

(bc) “custodian” means a person approved by the Principal Commissioner or Commissioner of Customs, for the purposes of section 45 of the Act;]

^[helldodold[(b) “authorised carrier” means an authorised sea carrier, an authorised train operator, shipping line or a custodian, registered under regulation 3 of the Sea Cargo Manifest and Transhipment Regulations, 2018 or his authorised agent;

(c) “ECTS” means the electronic cargo tracking system deployed for securing and monitoring traffic-in-transit destined to Nepal;

(d) “managed service provider” means a technology service provider appointed, as bilaterally agreed between the Governments of India and Nepal, for providing ECTS services.]^helldod]

(2) The words and expressions used and not defined in these regulations but defined in the Act shall have the same meanings respectively assigned to them in the Act.

1. Substituted vide:-Notification No. 64/2020-Customs (N.T.) Dated 31/07/2020