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PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

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GOVERNMENT OF GOA

Department of Law

Legal Affairs Division

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Notification

7/11/2023-LA

The Goa (Mopa Airport Development

Authority) (Amendment) Act, 2023 (Goa Act

12 of 2023), which has been passed by the

Legislative Assembly of Goa on 19-01-2023

and assented to by the Governor of Goa on

27-02-2023, is hereby published for the

general information of the public.

Pooja D. Phadte, Joint Secretary (Law).

Porvorim, 3rd March, 2023.

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The Goa (Mopa Airport Development

Authority) (Amendment) Act, 2023

(Goa Act 12 of 2023) [27-02-2023]

AN

ACT

to amend the Goa (Mopa Airport Development

Authority) Act, 2018 (Goa Act 10 of 2018).

Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly

of Goa in the Seventy-third Year of the

Republic of India as follows:—

EXTRAORDINARY

No. 2

1. Short title and commencement.— (1) The

Act may be called the Goa (Mopa Airport

Development Authority) (Amendment) Act,

2023.

(2) It shall come into force at once.

2. Substitution of section 4.— For section 4

of the Goa (Mopa Airport Development

Authority) Act, 2018 (Goa Act 10 of 2018)

(hereinafter referred to as the “principal

Act”), the following section shall be

substituted, namely:—

“4. Composition of Authority.— The

Authority shall consist of a Chairperson to

be appointed by the Government and the

following members, namely:—

(i) Chief Secretary

Member

(ii) Secretary (Finance)

Member

(iii) Secretary (Civil Aviation) Member

(iv) Secretary (Town and

Member

Country Planning)

(v) Secretary (Urban

Member

Development)

(vi) Secretary (Panchayats)

Member

(vii) Chief Town Planner

Member

(Planning)

(viii) Principal Chief Conser-

Member

vator of Forests

(ix) Director of Health Services Member

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(x) Member Secretary of Goa Member

State Pollution Control Board

(xi) Director of Fire and

Member

Emergency Services

(xii) Director (Civil Aviation)

Member

Secretary”.

3. Amendment of section 7.— In section 7

of the principal Act, for sub-section (1), the

following sub-section shall be substituted,

namely:—

“(1) Notwithstanding anything contained

in the Goa Town and Country Planning

Act, 1975 (Act 21 of 1975), for the Mopa

International Airport Planning Area, the

Authority shall be deemed to be a Planning

and Development Authority under the said

Act and it shall prepare an Outline

Development Plan for the planning area

within its jurisdiction, in accordance with

the Concession Agreement dated 8-11-2016

which shall be, subject to the approval of

the Government, final.

Explanation: “Concession Agreement

dated 8-11-2016” means the Agreement for

the Development of Greenfield International

Airport on Public Private Partnership basis

at Mopa in Goa entered into between the

Government of Goa and GMR Goa

International Airport Limited and any

subsequent

amendment,

deviation,

modification, etc. to the same as approved

by the Government of Goa”.

4. Amendment of section 8.— In section 8

of the principal Act, after sub-section (1), the

following sub-sections shall be inserted,

namely:—

“(1A) The Authority shall appoint such

personal staff to the Chairperson as

specified by the Government, whose

services shall be coterminous with the

tenure of the Chairperson. The expenditure

on salary of such staff shall be met by the

Authority from its own funds.

(1B) The Authority may appoint staff on

contract basis for its smooth functioning,

expenditure on which shall be met by the

Authority from its own funds”.

Secretariat,

SANDIP JACQUES

Porvorim-Goa.

Secretary to the

Dated: 03-03-2023.

Government of Goa,

Law Department

(Legal Affairs).

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