Definitions

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—

1. (a) “barrier” means a barrier established under section 4;
2. (b) “motor transport vehicle” means a stage carriage, contract carriage or goods carriage as defined in the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988;
3. (c) “operator” means any person whose name is entered into the permit in respect of the motor transport vehicle as the holder thereof or where the motor transport vehicle is used or caused or allowed to be used without a permit, a person in whose name that vehicle is registered under the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 and includes any person having the possession or control or for the time being in-charge of the motor transport vehicle;
4. (d) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
5. (e) “toll” means the toll levied under section 3 of this Act;
6. (f) “Toll Tax Officer” means such officer, or officers as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint to be the Toll Tax Officer for the whole of the State of Gujarat or any area or areas thereof for the purposes of this Act and includes a Taxation Authority appointed under the Bombay Motor Vehicles Tax Act, 1958;
7. (g) words and expressions used and not defined in this Act shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988.