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In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires:- (i) "Act" means the Mines and Minerals (Regulation and Development) Act. 1957 (Act 67 of 1957) (ii) "Section" means a section of the Act.. (iii) "Government" or "State Government" means the Government of Kerala. (iv) "Competent authority" means the authority or officer appointed by the State Government by notification in the Gazette to exercise the powers and perform the functions of the competent authority under these rules; [(ivA) Consolidated Royalty Payment System (CRP System) means quarries of Granite/Laterite building stone opted for payment of consolidated royalty per annum @ specified in schedule V;] [(ivB) "Consolidated Royalty Payment System (CRP System) for Granite Dimension Stones" means a mode of advance payment of consolidated royalty for extraction and removal of Granite Dimension Stones specified in item 3 of Schedule I of these rules by the lessees who possess quarrying leases for the extraction and removal of Dimension Stones at the rate specified in Schedule VI;] (v) "Quarrying permit" means a permit granted under Chapter II of these rules to extract and remove any minor mineral in specified quantities and within a specified time; (vi) "Quarrying lease" means a mining lease for minor minerals; (vii) "Form" means a form appended to these rules; (viii) "Schedule" means a schedule appended to these rules: (ix) "Registered holder" means a person in whose name the land has been registered; [(ix A) "registered metal crusher unit" means a unit engaged in the business of crushing granite stones into aggregates by means of mechanical devices that conform to specific jaw sizes and dimensions, which has been duly registered with the Department of Mining and Geology and possessing valid quarrying lease or permit, as the case may be. on payment of Consolidated Royalty at the rates specified in Schedule IV]. (x) "public works" means roads, public buildings, reservoirs irrigation canals, village paths and tanks; (xi) "railway" and "railway administration" shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in the Indian Railways Act. 1890 (9 of 1890); (xii) "producer" means a person carrying on the business of extracting/ collecting minor minerals in accordance with the provisions of these rules; (xiii) "dealer" means a person carrying on the business of selling minor minerals mentioned in schedule I of these rules, whether wholesale or retail; (xiv) words and expressions used but not defined in these rules shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in the Act and the rules made thereunder. Inserted by G.O.(P) No. 2/2008 ID dt 02/01/2008 pub. in K.G. Ex. No. 509 dt. 12/03/2008 as SRO 270/2008. Inserted by G.O.(P) 201/2011/ID dt. 26/09/2011 pub. in K. G. Ex. No. 1963 dt. 15/10/2011 as SRO 660/2011. Inserted by SRO 152/2002 pub. in K. G. Ex. No. 275 dt. 19/03/2002 with immediate effect.