The Andhra Pradesh Industrial Corridor Development Act, 2017.
**SECTIONS**


**THE ANDHRA PRADESH INDUSTRIAL**

**CORRIDOR DEVELOPMENT ACT, 2017.**

**ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS**

**CHAPTER – I**

**PRELIMINARY**


1. Short title, extent and commencement.

2. Definitions.

**CHAPTER – II**

**INDUSTRIAL CORRIDOR NODE AND PERIPHERY**

3. Declaration of Industrial Corridor, Node and Periphery of the
Nodes.

4. Jurisdiction of Authority in regard to an Industrial Corridor.

**CHAPTER – III**

**ANDHRA PRADESH INDUSTRIAL CORRIDOR DEVELOPMENT**

**AUTHORITY**

5. Establishment of Authority.

6. Establishment of Board.

7. Establishment of Executive Committee.

8. Commissioner.

9. Powers, functions and obligations of the Authority.

**CHAPTER – IV**

**CONTROL AND REGULATION IN INDUSTRIAL CORRIDOR**

10. Permissions for development and buildings.

**CHAPTER – V**

**OFFENES AND PROSECUTION**

11. Penalty for sale, lease or booking in the unauthorized scheme or
project.

12. Power to stop unauthorized development or construction in an
Industrial Corridor.


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**CHAPTER – VI**

**USER CHARGES, FEES AND RECOVERY OF DUES**

13. Imposition of user charges.

14. Fee for approval or permission.

15. Premium and lease rend of land.

16. Sale proceeds of the land and movable / immovable assets.

17. Recovery of moneys due to Authority.

**CHAPTER – VII**

**MISCELLANEOUS**

18. State Government Support.

19. Delegation of Powers.

20. Power to make regulations.

21. Power to make rules.

22. Power to remove difficulties.

23. Repeal of Ordinance.

**THE ANDHRA PRADESH INDUSTRIAL**

**CORRIDOR DEVELOPMENT ACT, 2017**

**(ACT No.7 of 2018)**

(4[th] January, 2018)

**AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR ESTABLISHMENT, PLANNING,**
**DEVELOPMENT, OPERATION, MAINTENANCE, MANAGEMENT AND**
**REGULATION OF INDUSTRIAL CORRIDORS IN THE STATE OF ANDHRA**
**PRADESH, WITH STATE OF THE ART INFRASTRUCTURE, AMENITIES**
**AND FACILITIES AND FOR MATTERS CONNECTED THEREWITH OR**
**INCIDENTAL THERETO.**

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Andhra Pradesh in the

Sixty-eight Year of the Republic of India, as follows:
**CHAPTER – I**

**PRELIMINARY**

**1.** **Short title, extent and commencement, - (1) This Act may be called**

the Andhra Pradesh Industrial Corridor Development Act, 2017.

(2) It extend to the whole of the State of Andhra Pradesh.

(3) It shall be deemed to have come into force with effect on and from

the 10[th] October, 2017.


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**2. Definitions - In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-**

(a) “Amenities” means the basic and essential facilities
including roads, bypasses, substations, transmission lines,
water supply, sewerage systems, effluent treatment plants,
transport, communication, social infrastructure etc.

(b) “APICDA” means Andhra Pradesh Industrial Corridors
Development Authority established under section 5 of this
Act;

(c) “Award of the project” means awarding, assigning or
entrusting or leasing of any work or project or part thereof
for execution, operation and maintenance;

(d) “Building” means any structure or erection, or any part
of a structure or erection which is intended to be used for
residential, industrial, commercial or other purposes
whether occupied or not and whether in actual use or not;

(e) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of APICDA;

(f) “Concession agreement” means the contract/agreement
entered between a Concessionaire and the APICDA or any
entity created by APICDA as defined in clause (n) of section
2 of the Andhra Pradesh Infrastructure Development
Enabling Act 2001(Act No.36 of 2001);

(g) “Concessionaire” means a private sector participant with
whom a concession Agreement is entered into by APICDA;

(h) “Development”, with its grammatical variations, means
the carrying out of building, engineering, mining or other
operations in, or over, or under any land (including land
under river, lake or any other water bodies) or the making of
any material change in any building or land or in the use of
any building or land, and includes re-development and layout, and sub-division of any land and also the provision of
public and civic facilities and projects and schemes for
development of agriculture, forestry and allied services, and
‘to develop’ shall be construed accordingly;

(i) Development Authority” means and includes anybody
constituted under the Andhra Pradesh Town Planning Act,
1920 or the Andhra Pradesh Urban Areas (Development)
Act, 1975 or the Andhra Pradesh Capital Region
Development Act, 2014 or the Andhra Pradesh Metropolitan
Area and Urban Development Authorities Act 2016;


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(j) “Economic activity” means the activity and service relating
to industrial, manufacturing, commercial, financial,
processing, packaging, logistics, transport, tourism,
hospitality, health, housing, entertainment, research,
development, education, training, skill development,
information and communication, management, consultancy,
setting up of industrial units (includes any existing
industrial activity), and such other activity and service as
may be prescribed or permitted within the areas regulated
by the APICDA;

(k) “Government” means the Government of Andhra
Pradesh;

(l) “Government Agency” means a Government Company or a
body constituted under any Act of the legislature of the
State of Andhra Pradesh or any other entity by whatever
name called, which is owned or controlled by the State
Government;

(m) “Government Company” means a Government company
as defined under clause (45) of section 2 of the Companies
Act, 2013 ( Act No. 18 of 2013);

(n) “Industrial Corridor” means the area so notified under
section 3 of the Act with the intent to stimulate industrial
development;

(o) “Infrastructure Project” means any project for creation,
rehabilitation, improvement, expansion, alteration or
replacement of any infrastructure facility including
financing, construction, operation, maintenance or
management thereof, whether within an Industrial
Corridor/Node, connecting the nodes of the Industrial
corridor or required for a Node/ Industrial Corridor and
includes any project which is linked to or from an
infrastructure project;

(p) “Local Authority” means and includes Municipal
Corporation constituted under the respective Act or a
Municipality or a Nagar Panchayat constituted under the
Andhra Pradesh Municipalities Act 1965 or a Gram
Panchayat constituted under the Andhra Pradesh Panchayat
Raj Act 1994;

(q) “Master Plan” means the Master Plan prepared in
accordance with the applicable provisions of Andhra
Pradesh Town Planning Act, 1920 or the Andhra Pradesh
Urban Areas (Development) Act, 1975 or the Andhra


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Pradesh Capital Region Development Act, 2014 or the
Andhra Pradesh Metropolitan Area and Urban Development
Authorities Act 2016, as approved by APICDA;

(r) “Municipal Services” means arrangement for naming
streets and numbering plots, units & houses, sanitation,
solid waste management, water supply, drainage and
sewerage, cleaning public streets or places, sewers and
drains, lighting public streets or places, extinguishing fires,
public health, regulating offensive or dangerous trades or
practices, removing obstructions and projections in public
streets or places, securing or removing dangerous buildings,
regulating disposal of carcasses of dead animals, regulating
movement of animals, and includes arrangement for such
other services as are provided by a municipality in a
municipal area;

(s) “Node” means the area within an Industrial Corridor as
per section 3 of the Act ;

(t) “Periphery” means the area adjoining a Node and notified
under section 3 of the Act;

(u) “Person” means and includes an entity, an individual, a
company, a firm, Organisation, association, society, unit,
establishment, institution including Government agencies
carrying on any economic activity in the industrial corridor
or entrusted with any work under the provisions of this Act;

(v) “Prescribed” means prescribed by rules made by the
Government under this Act;

(w) “Private sector participant” means any person other
than,
(i)  the State Government or a Government agency, or

(ii) the Central Government or any public sector
undertaking of the Central Government, or

(iii) any joint venture between the Central Government
and the State Government or a Government agency;

(x) “Public Private Partnership” means investment by
Private Sector Participant in an Infrastructure Project of the
Government Agency or the Local Authority in the State;

(y) “Regulations” means the Regulations made under section
20 of the Act;


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(z) “Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) ” means a company
formed for the specified purpose and registered under the
Companies Act, 2013 (Act No.18 of 2013;

(aa) “User charges” means the charges levied by APICDA,
SPV, developer or any other entity authorized for that
purpose under this Act;

(ab) “Unauthorized Development” means any development
which either not approved by APICDA or not developed in
accordance with approval of APICDA.

**CHAPTER II**

**INDUSTRIAL CORRIDOR, NODE AND PERIPHERY**

**3. Declaration of Industrial Corridor, Node and Periphery of the**
**Nodes,- (1) The Government may, by notification in the Andhra Pradesh**
Gazette, declare any area, including an industrial area, to be an Industrial
Corridor and specify geographical area and boundaries therein, which shall
constitute the Nodes and the corresponding Peripheries as notified under
this Act;

(2) The State Government may by notification in the Andhra Pradesh

Gazette declare one or more nodes in each notified Industrial Corridor;

(3) The State Government may, by notification in the Andhra Pradesh

Gazette, declare such outer area on any side adjoining each notified Node as
the Periphery of the Node as it deems fit.

(4) The State Government may, by notification in the Andhra Pradesh

Gazette, make such modifications to the areas under a notified Node or a
Periphery from time to time.

**4. Jurisdiction of Authority in regard to an Industrial Corridor, - (1) The**
area notified under an Industrial Node and Peripheries, excluding the gramkantham areas and the municipal areas, shall cease to be under the
jurisdiction of the respective Local Authorities so far as it relates to this Act
and shall be deemed to be an industrial township within the meaning of the
proviso of clause (1) of Article 243Q of the Constitution of India from the
date it is so notified in the Andhra Pradesh Gazette by the State
Government;

(2) The areas notified under an Industrial Node and Peripheries

thereof shall cease to be under the jurisdiction of the respective
Development Authority;

(3) While preparing the Master Plan for the Industrial Nodes, the

Authority shall take into account the Master Plan, if any, prepared by the


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respective Development Authorities for the Nodes and Peripheries. The
Master Plan approved, thereafter under this Act, shall prevail over any
previous Master Plan, if any, for the areas within the Industrial Corridor.

**CHAPTER III**

**ANDHRA PRADESH INDUSTRIAL CORRIDOR DEVELOPMENT**

**AUTHORITY**

**5. Establishment of Authority.- (1) As soon as may be after the**
commencement of this Act, the Government may, by notification in the
Andhra Pradesh Gazette, establish the Andhra Pradesh Industrial Corridor
Development Authority (hereinafter referred to as Authority) with effect from
such date as may be specified in the notification;

(2) The headquarters of the Authority shall be at Amravati or at such

other place as the Government may, by notification in the Andhra Praesh
Gazette, specify;

(3) The Authority shall consist of the Andhra Pradesh Industrial

Corridor Board (hereinafter referred to as Board), an Executive Committee
and the Commissioner;

(4) The Authority may associate with itself any person whose

assistance or advice is required in performing any of its functions under this
Act;

(5) The Authority may obtain any information from the Government,

a Government agency, Commissioner, a Special Purpose Vehicle, or a
developer that is required for performing its functions under this Act;

(7) No act or proceeding of the Authority shall be invalid merely by

reason of any vacancy therein or any defect in the constitution thereof, or
any irregularity in its procedure not affecting the merits of the case.

**6. Establishment of Board.- (1) The Board shall consist of Chairperson,**
Vice-Chairperson, Member-Secretary, Commissioner, and other members
not exceeding thirteen (13), who shall be appointed by the Government;

(2) The Chief Minister shall be the Chairperson of this Board;

(3) The Special Chief Secretary/Principal Secretary/Secretary to

Government, Industries & Commerce Department shall be the MemberSecretary of the Board;

(4) The Board may delegate all or a subset of its functions to the

Commissioner;

(5) All actions of the Board under this Act shall be undertaken

according to the rules framed under this Act alone;


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(6) The Board shall meet every Quarter at such time and place and

shall observe such rules of procedure in regard to transaction of its
business, as may be provided by regulations made by the Authority.

**7. Establishment of Executive Committee.- (1) The Executive Committee**
shall be chaired by Member-Secretary of the Board and convened by the
Commissioner;

(2) The Executive Committee shall co-opt Member (Technical) and

Member (Finance), and other members not exceeding ten (10).

(3) The detailed delegation of functions, powers and obligations to the

Executive Committee shall be such as may be prescribed;

(4) Subject to the general superintendence and control of the Board,

management of various functions of the Authority shall vest in the Executive
Committee;

(5) The Executive Committee shall meet every month at such time and

place and shall observe such rules of procedure in regard to transaction of
its business, as may be provided by regulations made by the Authority.

**8. Commissioner.- (1) The Government shall appoint a Commissioner as**
the Chief Executive of the Authority. The Commissioner shall be from the All
India Services, and not below the rank of Senior Time Scale officer;

(2) The Commissioner shall be responsible for the day-to-day

functioning of the Authority;

(3) The Commissioner shall be assisted by an Office as per regulations

laid down by the Authority.

**9. Powers, functions and obligations of the Authority- The Authority**
shall function to meet the objectives of this Act and perform multiple
functions including the following, which are illustrative rather than
comprehensive. In performing these functions, the Authority shall have full
financial and administrative autonomy;

**(1) Planning, development, maintenance and regulation of Nodes,-**

(a) to promote and establish Industrial corridors and Nodes

therein;

(b) to classify, earmark, demarcate and develop the Industrial

corridor, Node and the periphery for purposes and
usages, inter alia, for any economic activity,
infrastructure facilities including housing, tourism
facilities, industrial areas, public and civic facility and to


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encourage and promote aesthetics, efficiency and generate
revenues in the process of development;

(c) to acquire, procure and hold land within the Node and

peripheries by purchase, lease, exchange, agreement or
otherwise;

(d) to develop master plans for each of the sub-regions in the

Node(s) and peripheral areas in accordance with
procedures prescribed under the Andhra Pradesh
Metropolitan Area and Urban Development Authorities
Act, 2016 and other relevant planning Acts and laws;

(e) to approve the master plan prepared for the various Nodes

as well as peripheries of Industrial Nodes, internal and
external Infrastructure Plans for the Nodes. In case of
any discrepancy/difference in the already approved
master plan by the Development Authority and the master
plan prepared under the Act, the matter will be placed
before the Board which shall take a decision in the
matter;

(f) to assess and revise master plans including detailed

master plans for sub-regions every five (5) years to
accommodate changing economic conditions and
associated physical and social infrastructure requirement;

(g) to plan, develop, operate, maintain, manage and regulate

the periphery;

(h) to develop projects required for implementation within the

Industrial Corridor;

(i) to allot land as per the regulations  prepared for the

purpose, with the approval of the State Government;

(j) to regulate development activities in the specific Nodes

within corridor regions and their peripheries in
accordance with master plans and schemes prepared
under the Act  and building regulations made in this
regard;

(k) to remove encroachments and constructions not duly

authorized or which are made in violation of this Act or
rules or regulations made the there under;

(l) to coordinate with concerned departments of the Centre

and State Government for the purpose of faster execution
of various projects in the Industrial Corridor;


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(m) to monitor the development of Industrial corridors,

including the Nodes therein and issue necessary
instructions to the agencies involved;

(n) to ensure provision of sufficient amenities, infrastructure

facilities, public and civic facilities and to make
sustainable arrangements for adequate maintenance
thereof within the Node, peripheral areas and inter-node
areas and infrastructure facilities;

(o) to identify difficulties in development of Industrial

corridors, Nodes and their peripheral areas in the State
and to make recommendations on any matter or proposal
requiring action by the State Government, Central
Government, any government agency, including
coordination with them for achieving the purposes of this
Act or in furtherance of the objects thereof, including
making recommendations to the Government in the policy
or law or any amendment thereof; to regulate, grant,
refuse, suspend, withdraw or cancel approvals and
permissions for economic activity in accordance with the
provisions of this Act;

(p) to exercise such powers and perform such functions as

may be necessary for carrying out the provisions of this
Act to conduct, prepare and assess the social cost benefit
analysis, techno-commercial, social, economic and
environmental feasibility studies relating to all internal
and external infrastructure projects associated with the
Node;

(q) to enter upon any land or building to carry out surveys,

make enquiry, inspection, examination or measurement
within the Node;

(r) to make arrangements for observance and promotion of

safety, order, health and environmental safeguards,
disaster management for the Node;

(s) to provide municipal services within the Node;

(t) to provide urban transport facility for the Node;

(u) to provide public and civic facilities within the Industrial

Node and its periphery;

(v) to make the regulations on matters specified;


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(w) to consider appropriate State support or customized

package for any project or economic activity in the
Industrial corridor and recommend it to the State
Government for its approval under the applicable policies;

(x) to give directions to any government agency or persons

functioning in the Node and Corridor or the periphery
thereof in matters pertaining to plans and schemes
prepared;

**(2) Financial Functions, -**

(a) to promote private sector participation in

development and implementation of projects  through
formation of suitable structures, project financing
arrangements;

(b) to create one or more SPVs and enter into Joint

Ventures as deemed fit;

(c) to negotiate and enter into any contract, including

by way of public private partnership;

(d) to raise finance from market, financial institutions,

bilateral and multilateral institutions;

(e) to administer its funds;

(f) to accept grants and donations;

(g) to undertake suitable procurement processes as

deemed fit towards development of various capital
projects, operations, maintenance  and delivery of
municipal services;

(h) to enforce user charges directly or through any

private sector participant or through entities created
under public private partnership.


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**(3) Administrative functions, -**

(a) to define standard operating procedures for delivering
various functions of the authority;

(b) to appoint such officers and personnel as it may be
necessary for the efficient performance of its functions,
on such conditions of appointment and service and with
such powers, functions and duties as may be prescribed;

(c) to engage experts or persons having special knowledge or
skill to assist it in performance of its functions;

(d) to ensure global standards of ease of doing business in
the Industrial Corridor and Nodes;

(e) to globally market the Industrial corridor;

(f) to prepare quarterly, half-yearly and annual reports on
the status planning, development, operation,

maintenance, management and regulation of the Node,
peripheral areas and the projects;

(g) to put in place mechanism towards effective redressal of
grievances;

(h) to exercise such other powers and discharge such other
functions as may be necessary or expedient to carry out
provisions of this Act.

**CHAPTER IV**

**CONTROL AND REGULATION IN INDUSTRIAL CORRIDOR**

**10. Permissions for development and buildings:- (1) No person shall erect**
any building or take up any excavation, develop any layout or carve out any
plots or subdivide any land or connect any road in the industrial corridor,
without the prior written permission of the Authority;

(2) Any person desirous of taking up of any economic activity within

the Industrial Corridor shall approach the Authority and file necessary
applications as may be prescribed and pay the necessary charges for such
permissions.;

(3) On receipt of application and necessary charges, the Authority

may, after making due enquiries, grant such permission subject to such
conditions as it deems fit or refuse to grant the same for reasons specified
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(4) No person or entity shall be entitled to claim any compensation for

any injury, loss or damage caused, or alleged to be caused by the control or
regulation on the developments under this act.

**CHAPTER V**

**OFFENCES AND PROSECUTION**

**11. Penalty for sale, lease or booking in an unauthorized scheme or**
**project.- (1) No developer of any project in the Industrial corridor/Node**
shall invite the public directly or indirectly for sale, lease, or booking of any
part of its scheme or project unless the developer has, before the launch of
the scheme or project, obtained permission in this behalf from the Authority
in the manner prescribed by the regulations;

(2) Whoever invites or induces any person for sale, lease or booking of

any part in a scheme or project not having permission under sub-section (1)
from the Authority shall, on conviction, be punished with financial / legal
penalty as laid down in regulations of the Authority;

(3) If any person contravenes any of the provisions of this Act for

which no penalty has been expressly provided for, the person shall be
punishable with fine not exceeding Rs.10,000/- or to imprisonment for a
term not exceeding six months or with both;

(4) No court shall take cognizance of any offence punishable under

this Act except on complaint in writing made by the Commissioner or any
officer authority by the Commissioner in this behalf and no court inferior to
that of a Metropolitan Magistrate or a Judicial Magistrate of the first class
shall try any such offence.

**12. Power to stop unauthorized development or construction in an**
**Industrial corridor.- (1) Where any unauthorized development or**
construction on any land in a Node is being carried out but has not been
completed, the Authority may serve on the owner and the person carrying
out the development or construction, a notice requiring the development of
land or construction to be discontinued from the time of service of the
notice.;

(2) Any person, who continues to carry out the unauthorized

development or construction on such land, whether for himself or on behalf
of the owner or any other person, after such notice has been served, shall,
on conviction, be punished with financial penalty, as laid down in
regulations of the Authority;

(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, where any person

continues to carry out unauthorized development or construction after
receiving notice under sub-section (1), the Commissioner or any officer
authorized by Authority in this behalf shall, in addition to any prosecution
or other proceedings or action that may be initiated under this Act, have the


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power to require any police officer to remove the unauthorized development
or construction from the place of unauthorized development or construction
within such time as may be specified in the requisition and such police
officer shall comply with the requisition accordingly. In addition to such
removal of persons, the Commissioner or the authorized officer of the
Authority may confiscate such construction material including the
equipment, tools, vehicles, etc. which such person was using for the
unauthorized development or construction;

(4) No compensation shall be claimed by any person for any damage

which he may sustain in consequence of the discontinuation of the
unauthorized development or construction under this Act.

**CHAPTER VI**

**USER CHARGES, FEES AND RECOVERY OF DUES**

**13. Imposition of user charges.- The Authority, or its designated entity,**
may impose user charges for such services and at such rates and in such
manner as may be prescribed by the regulations.

**14. Fee for approval or permission.- The Authority, or its designated**
entity, may charge such fee as may be laid down in the regulations for
processing of any applications, grant of any approval, permission or
concession under this Act.

**15. Premium and lease rent of land.- The Authority or its designated**
entity, may charge lease rent of land with respect to any land allotted by it
and premium on its second or subsequent sale at such rate and in such
manner as may be prescribed by the regulations.

**16. Sale proceeds of the land and movable/immovable assets:  The**
Authority or its designated entity, may realize the proceeds from sales of
land and movable or immovable assets as per the Act and in such manner
as may be prescribed by the regulations.

**17. Recovery of moneys due to Authority.- Any amount due to Authority**
or its designated entity, may, without prejudice to the right of recovery
provided by or under any other law for the time being in force, be
recoverable as arrears of land revenue.


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**CHAPTER – VII**

**MISCELLANEOUS**

**18. State Government Support, - (1)  The State Government may provide**
a budget of Rupees fifty (50) crores to APICDA towards administrative costs,
salaries of the officials and staff and honorariums to experts etc;

(2) The Authority may, for any economic activity in the Industrial

Corridor or for any infrastructure project as per the existing policy of the
State Government propose a customized package after getting it examined
by the State Government, or a designated body of the State Government;

(3) The Authority, on being satisfied with the proposal, may, with or

without any modification, recommend the package and send it to the State
Government for approval;

(4) Such customized package may provide for incentive in the form of

exemptions from State taxes, duties, cess, etc., levied by the State
Government under any Andhra Pradesh Act/Law/policy;

(5) Notwithstanding anything provided in any other Act, or law for the

time being in force and wherever there is any inconsistency, the provisions
of this Act shall prevail in so far as the areas specified as industrial corridor
or Node or periphery thereof under this Act;

**19. Delegation of Powers, - (1) The Government may, by notification in the**
Andhra Pradesh Gazette, delegate such functions and powers of the
Authority as are provided under this Act, for such area within an Industrial
corridor or the corridor as a whole, as may be specified in the notification, to
a SPV or a Government Company and such SPV or Government Company
shall exercise such powers and discharge such functions subject to the
approved Master Plan, if any, of the Industrial corridor;

Provided that no powers or functions under this Act for making of
regulations shall be delegated to such SPV or Government Company;

(2) The Authority may, by an order, assign and delegated any of its

functions and powers to its Chairperson or Executive Committee, or
Commissioner, or to any other member, or to the SPV subject to such
conditions or limitations as it may deem fit except the function and power of
making regulations;

(3) A Commissioner may assign and delegate any of its functions and

powers to any officer or staff of the Commissioner, subject to such
conditions limitations as he may deem fit.

**20. Power to make regulations, -  The Authority may make regulations,**
consistent with this Act and rules made thereunder to carry out the
provision of this Act.


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**21. Power to make rules, - (1) The Government may, by notification in the**
Andhra Pradesh Gazette, make rules for carrying out all or any of the
purposes of this Act.

(2) All rules made under this section shall be laid, as soon as may be

after they are so made, before the State Legislature, if it is in session and if
it is not in session, in the session immediately following for a period of not
less than fourteen days, which may comprise in one session or in two
successive sessions and, if before the expiry of the session in which they are
so laid or of the session immediately following, the State Legislature makes
any modification any of such rules or resolves that any such rule should not
be made, such rule shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or
be of no effect, as the case may be, so however, that any modification
annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously
done under that rule.

**22. Power to remove difficulties, - (1) If any difficulty arises in giving effect**
to the provisions of this Act, the State Government may, as occasion
requires, but nor later than two years from the date of commencement of
this Act, by order published in the Andhra Pradesh Gazette, make such
provisions consistent with objects and purposed of this Act, as appear to be
necessary or expedient for removing the difficulty;

(2) Every order made under this section shall be laid, as soon as may

be after it is made, before the Houses of the State Legislature.

**23. Repeal of Ordinance, - The Andhra Pradesh Industrial Corridor**
Development Ordinance, 2017 (No.2 of 2017) is here by repealed.

**DUPPALA VENKATARAMANA,**

Secretary to Government,

Legal and Legislative Affairs & Justice,

Law Department.


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