Section 10A(1) in The Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Regulation of Supply and Distribution) Order, 1993
(1)(a)No parallel marketer shall commence any activity such as import, transport, bottling, marketing, distribution, sale or any activity incidental thereto, relating to the business of liquefied petroleum gas without obtaining a rating certificate on the basis of evaluation and rating for his capability, infrastructure network and readiness to carry out professed business and deliver goods and services promised by an agency listed in Schedule C to this Order:Provided that a parallel marketer who commences any such activity, before the commencement of this Order, shall within three months get himself evaluated and rated by the said agency:[Provided further that a parallel marketer carrying on the business of transportation, petroleum marketing, distributing or selling of liquefied gas as an agent of another parallel marketer, who has obtained a rating certificate, shall not be required to obtain a rating certificate.Explanation. - For the purpose of this clause, a parallel marketer shall be deemed to be an agent of another marketer if the former is appointed as such agent for the above purposes by the latter through a legal instrument.](b)The rating certificate shall be issued in the format as prescribed in Schedule D to this Order and as per the forwarding letter given in Schedule E.(c)The rating certificate shall-(i)be valid for a period of one year from the date of its issue, and(ii)require renewal by the rating agency, annually.
