Section 2: Interpretation

2. Interpretation In this Act— “acquisition” includes the taking of possession; “authorised officer” means any person designated as such under section 20; “Board” means the Compensation Board established under section 12; “body corporate” means a body corporate specified in section 8 (6) of the Constitution; “bus” has the same meaning as in the Road Traffic Act; “Chairperson” means the Chairperson of the Board; “interested person” means a person who owns, possesses, holds a charge over, is entitled to or is otherwise interested in, property described in a notice published under section 5; B15 – 1 [Issue 1] Bus Industry Property Acquisition Act “Minister” means the Minister to whom responsibility for public transport is assigned; “owner” means the person entitled to dispose of any property; “party” means— (a) an authorised officer; (b) an interested person who has made a claim for compensation under this Act; or (c) a person on whose behalf Government is acting under section 3; “period of public emergency” has the same meaning as in Chapter II of the Constitution; “property”— (a) includes any bus or apparatus, machinery, spare part, component or any other object which is used or required in the bus passenger transport industry; but (b) does not include any land or building; “vested property” means property which is vested under section 7 (1); “vesting order” has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Curatelle Act.