law: Environment (Protection) Act, 1986  
  12. Environmental Laboratories
  (1) The Central Government may, by
  
  notification in the Official Gazette, -
  (a) establish one or
  
  more environmental laboratories;
  (b)  recognise one or more laboratories or institutes as
  
  environmental laboratories to carry out the functions entrusted to an
  
  environmental laboratory under this Act.
  (2) The Central Government may, by
  
  notification in the Official Gazette, make rules specifying -
  (a) the functions of
  
  the environmental laboratory;
  (b) the procedure for
  
  the submission to the said laboratory of samples of air, water, soil or other
  
  substance for analysis or tests, the form of the laboratory report thereon the
  
  fees payable for such report;
  (c) such other matters
  
  as may be necessary or expedient to enable that laboratory to carry out its
  
  functions.