Definitions

In this Act unless the context otherwise requires, - (a) "appellate authority" means a Superintending Engineer, Department of Public Works (Building and Roads Branch) in whose jurisdiction the bridge or the roads falls; (b) "authority" means an Executive Engineer, Department of Public Works (Building and Roads Branch) in whose jurisdiction the bridge or the road falls; (c) "bridge" means a permanent or temporary bridge or road over-bridge or road under-bridge or flyover or elevated road or vehicular under pass or ferry services, specified in the First Schedule, and shall include such other permanent or temporary bridge or road over-bridge or road under-bridge or flyover or elevated road or vehicular under pass or ferry services as notified by the State Government in this behalf, from time to time; (ca) “bypass” means a road constructed around a city or town for facilitating the movement of traffic; (cb) “concession” includes any right or interest granted to a concessionaire in relation to any aspect of a road project, as well as any subsidy, subvention, grant or other similar financial incentive granted by the State Government to secure the viability and commercial efficacy of a road project; (cc) “concessionaire” means a person, who is selected and awarded a concession for financing, development, construction, operation and maintenance or only for operation and maintenance of a road project under any law for the time being in force; (cd) “concession agreement" means any of the contracts executed between the State Government and a concessionaire for the purposes of granting a concession for private participation in a road project under any law for the time being in force; (ce) "concession fee" means the sum of money required to be paid by the concessionaire to the State Government or the Punjab Roads and Bridges Development Board, established under section 3 of the Punjab Roads and Bridges Development Board Act, 1998, as the case may be, in consideration of grant of a concession for undertaking a road project; (cf) “contract agreement” means any contract executed between the State Government and a contractor for the purpose of levy and collection of toll in a road project under any law for the time being in force; (cg) “contractor” means a person who is selected and awarded a contract for levy and collection of toll on a road project constructed, developed, operated and/or maintained by the State Government or under any private funded project, under any law for the time being in force; (ch) "elevated road" means any section of road raised above ground level through support of piers, solid fill or columns, including its approaches, as notified by the State Government in this behalf, from time to time; and (ci) "flyover" means any section of road raised above ground level that crosses over a road/ rail/ building/ street/ any man made structure, including its approaches, as notified by the State Government in this behalf, from time to time; (d) "Fee Inspector" means an officer of the State Government authorised by the authority to collect the toll; (dd) 'lease' includes any grant or award of any right, privilege, interest, financial incentive, benefit, subsidy or subvention granted by the State Government to any person to secure participation in or in connection with the development, construction, repair, renovation, expansion, alteration, replacement, operation or maintenance of a road project or any other activity incidental thereto, in the form of or contained in or forming part of any lease, concession or management contract entered into in connection therewith; (e) "mechanical vehicle" means any laden or unladen vehicle designed to be driven under its own power including a motor vehicle as defined in the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (Central Act No. 59 of 1988); (f) "National Highway" means a National Highway specified in the Schedule appended to the National Highways Act, 1956 (Central Act No. 48 of 1956); (ff) 'private participation' means the participation in development, maintenance or operation of road projects by any person other than the State Government or public body, as may be permitted by the State Government from time to time; (g) "road" means a road or section of road or by-pass other than a national highway, specified in the Second Schedule and shall include such other road or section of the road or by-pass, as may from time to time, be notified by the State Government in this behalf; (gg) “road project” means a project, which may involve development, construction, repair, renovation, expansion, alteration, replacement, maintenance or operation of any road and/or bridge; (ggg) “road overbridge” means a road overbridge that crosses above a railway track as specified in the First Schedule and shall include such road overbridges as may, from time to time, be notified as such by the State Government; (gggg) “road under-bridge” means a road under-bridge that crosses under a railway track, and which is notified as such by the State Government; (h) "Schedule" means a Schedule appended to this Act; (i) "State Government" means the Government of State of Punjab; and (j) “vehicular under-pass” means a road under vehicular crossing that crosses under a road, bypass and as notified by the State Government in this behalf, from time to time.