(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Tamilnadu.
(3) It shall come into force on such date as the Government may, by notification, appoint and different dates may be appointed for different areas and for different provisions of this Act.
2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,--
(1) "Authority" means the Tamilnadu Groundwater Authority constituted under section 7 and includes any employee to whom the Authority has delegated any of its powers or functions under this Act;
(2) "Domestic purpose" means extraction of Groundwater from a well sunk in the property of any person for drinking, cooking, washing, livestock or sanitary purpose by using manual, mechanical or electrical device not exceeding one Horse Power.
(3) "Government" means the State Government;
(4) "Groundwater" means the water which exists below the surface of the ground at any particular location;
(5) "Notified Area" means the area declared under section 9;
(6) "Sink" with all its grammatical variations and cognate expressions in relation to an existing well or new well includes digging, drilling or boring of new well or an existing well and deepening carried out in the existing well, for exploitation of groundwater;
(7) "User of Groundwater" means a person or an institution including a company or an establishment, whether Government or otherwise who or which owns or uses Groundwater for any purpose, excluding domestic purpose either on a personal or community basis;
(8) "Well" means a well sunk for the purpose of searching or extracting
groundwater and includes an open well, dug well, bore well, dug-cum bore
well, tube well, filter point and infiltration gallery or any of their
combination or variations.
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