- 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 in 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 (48 of 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 (48 of 1956), shall have the meanings assigned to them in that Act.