(a) "Act " means the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974;

(b) "Chairman " means the Chairman of the Central Board;

(c) "Central Board Laboratory " means a laboratory established or recognised as such under sub-section (3) of section 16;

(d) "Central Water Laboratory " means a laboratory established or specified as such under sub-section (1) of section 51;

(e) "form " means a form set out in Schedule I;

(f) "member " means a member of the Central Board and includes the Chairman thereof;

(g) "Member-Secretary " means the Member-Secretary of the Central Board;

(h) "section " means a section of the Act;

(i) "Schedule " means a Schedule appended to the rules;

(j) "year " means the financial year commencing on the first day of April.