law: The Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board Act, 2006
  17. Application for
  
  authorisation.-
  1.  An
  
  entity which is laying, building, operating or expanding, or which proposes to
  
  lay, build, operate or expand, a pipeline as a common carrier or contract
  
  carrier shall apply in writing to the Board for obtaining an authorisation
  
  under this Act: Provided that an entity laying, building, operating or
  
  expanding any pipeline as common carrier or contract carrier authorised by the
  
  Central Government at any time before the appointed day shall furnish the
  
  particulars of such activities to the Board within six months from the
  
  appointed day.
  2.  An
  
  entity which is laying, building, operating or expanding, or which proposes to
  
  lay, build, operate or expand, a city or local natural gas distribution network
  
  shall apply in writing for obtaining an authorisation under this Act: Provided that an entity laying, building, operating or expanding any city or local
  
  natural gas distribution network authorised by the Central Government at any
  
  time before the appointed day shall furnish the particulars of such activities
  
  to the Board within six months from the appointed day.
  3.  Every
  
  application under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2) shall be made in such form
  
  and in such manner and shall be accompanied with such fee as the Board may, by
  
  regulations, specify.
  4.  Subject
  
  to the provisions of this Act and consistent with the norms and policy
  
  guidelines laid down by the Central Government, the Board may either reject or
  
  accept an application made to it, subject to such amendments or conditions, if
  
  any, as it may think fit.
  5.  In
  
  the case of refusal or conditional acceptance of an application, the Board
  
  shall record in writing the grounds for such rejection or conditional
  
  acceptance, as the case may be.