Chapter I PRELIMINARY

1. (1) This Act may be called the Maharashtra Truck Terminal (Regulation of Location) Act, 1995.
2. (2) It extends to the whole of the State of Maharashtra.
3. (3) It shall come into force in the Bombay Metropolitan Region at once. It shall come into force in any other area on such date as the State Government may, by Notification in the Official Gazette, appoint, and different dates may be appointed for different areas.
4. (4) The provisions of this Act shall apply to control area or part thereof on the date appointed in the Notification under sub-section (1) of section 3; and different dates may be appointed for different control areas or different parts of a control area.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-

1. (a) "appointed day" means the day on which the provisions of this Act apply to any control area or part thereof;
2. (b) "Authority" or "Truck Terminal Authority" means the Truck Terminal Authority established under section 4;
3. (c) "Bombay Metropolitan Region" means the area specified in Schedule I to the 1Bombay Metropolitan Region Development Authority Act, 1974 (Mah. IV of 1975);
4. (d) "Chairman" means the Chairman of the Authority;
5. (e) "Chief Executive Officer" means the Chief Executive Officer of the Authority;
6. (f) "Control area" means an area declared as control area under section 3;
7. (g) "Member" means a member of the Authority and includes the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer;
8. (h) "Metropolitan Commissioner" means the Metropolitan Commissioner of the Bombay Metropolitan Region Development Authority;
   • (i) "Regulation" means the regulation made under this Act;
9. (j) "Rules" means the rules made under this Act;
10. (k) "Terminal" or "Truck Terminal" means the area declared as the Truck Terminal under section 5;
11. (l) "Truck Terminal Fund" means the fund constituted under section 36;
12. (m) Words and expressions used in this Act, and not defined herein, shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (59 of 1988).