Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts Sri Lanka Consolidated ActsInterpretation
| 49. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires" " Authorized Person " means any person authorized by written law to issue a passenger service permit or similar authority authorizing the use, within the area to which such permit or authority relates, an omnibus for the carriage of passengers at separate fares : "dual purpose vehicle" means a vehicle designed to carry, both passengers and goods; "Minister" means the Minister appointed under Article 44 of the Constitution, to whom the subject of Transport is assigned; " omnibus" means a motor coach registered as an omnibus under the Motor Traffic Act and shall be deemed to include a dual purpose vehicle; "Peoplised Company" means a company formed under the Conversion of Public Corporations or Government Owned Business Undertakings into Public Companies Act, No. 23 of 1987, to take over the functions or part of the functions of the Sri Lanka Central Transport Board or a Regional Transport Board established under the Transport Board Law, No. 19 of 1978 ; "separate fare" means a payment made by a person entitling him to be carried as a passenger on an omnibus; "specified area" means an area with respect to which there is no person empowered by written law on the appointed date, to issue a passenger service permit or other authority authorizing the use within such area, of an omnibus for the carriage of passengers, |