Definitions.

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, - (a) "Authority" means the National Highways Authority of India constituted under section 3; (b) "Chairman" means the Chairman of the Authority; (c ) "employee" means a person the full-time service of the Authority; (d) "member" means a member of the Authority appointed under section 3 and includes the Chairman; (e) "national highway" means any highway for the time being declared as a national highway under section 2 of the National Highways Act, 1956; (f) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (g) "regulations" means regulations made by the Authority under this Act; (h) words and expressions used herein and not defined but defined in the National Highways Act, 1956 shall have the meanings assigned to them in that Act.