Malaysia legislation
Section 2
Section 2
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—
“members” means the Chairman and other members of the
Commission appointed under section 5;
“Government Entity” means—
(a)
the Federal Government, or any State Government, State
Authority or local government; and
(b)
any ministry, department, office, agency, authority, commission, committee, board, council or other body, corporate or unincorporate, of the Federal Government, or of any State Government or local government, whether established under written law or otherwise;
“committee” means a committee established by the Commission under section 13;
“goods vehicle” has the meaning assigned to it in section 2 of the Land Public Transport Act 2010 [Act 715];
“tourism vehicle” has the meaning assigned to it in section 2
of the Land Public Transport Act 2010;
“public service vehicle” has the meaning assigned to it in section 2 of the Land Public Transport Act 2010;
“railway” has the meaning assigned to it in section 2 of the
Land Public Transport Act 2010;
“Chief Executive Officer” means the Chief Executive Officer of the Commission appointed under section 23;
“Fund” means the Suruhanjaya Pengangkutan Awam Darat Fund established under section 29;
“Minister” means the Prime Minister;
“Minister of Finance” means the Minister responsible for finance;
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“persons with disabilities” has the meaning assigned to it in section 2 of the Persons with Disabilities Act 2008 [Act 685];
“appointed officer” has the meaning assigned to it in section 2
of the Land Public Transport Act 2010;
“employees” means any person employed by the Commission under section 25, and includes the Chief Executive Officer;
“land public transport” means the transport on land by means of land public passenger transport and land public freight transport, and includes land public transport services, terminals, facilities, networks, systems, operations and other services associated with such transport or land public transport services;
“land public freight transport” means the carriage of goods on land by means of a goods vehicle or railway;
“land public passenger transport” means the carriage of passengers, including their luggage, on land by means of a public service vehicle, tourism vehicle or railway;
“licensed operator” has the meaning assigned to it in section 2
of the Land Public Transport Act 2010;
“Chairman” means the Chairman of the Commission appointed under section 5;
“land public transport service” means—
(a)
the carriage of passengers by means of land public passenger transport; and
(b)
the carriage of goods by means of land public freight transport;
“universal design” has the meaning assigned to it in section 2
of the Persons with Disabilities Act 2008;
“Commission” means the Suruhanjaya Pengangkutan Awam
Darat established under section 3;
“appointed date” means the date appointed by the Minister under subsection 1(2);
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“land public transport laws” means this Act and the Land Public
Transport Act 2010, and includes any subsidiary legislation made under those laws.