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Definitions

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In this Law —
means building as defined in section 2 of the Development and Planning Law (2005 Revision);
means a way constituting or comprised in a public road, being a way (other than a cycle track) over which the public have a right of way for the passage of vehicles;
means the Commissioner of Police or any person deputed to act on his behalf;
means the Assessment Committee referred to in section 7;
means a map (whether or not divided into section maps) prepared by the Lands and Survey Department showing superimposed one upon the other and drawn to the same scale —
the topographic map prepared under the direction of the Chief Surveyor under the Land Surveyors Law (1996 Revision); and
the registry map as defined in sections 2 and 14 of the Registered Land Law (2004 Revision);
means a way constituting or comprising a public road, being a way over which the public have the following but no other rights of way, that is to say, a right of way on pedal cycles with or without a right of way on foot;
means, in relation to any land, the day on which a declaration under section 3, as respects that land, is first published in the Gazette;
means a public road over which the public have a right of way on foot only, not being a footway;
means a way comprised in a public road which also comprises a carriageway, being a way over which the public have right of way on foot only;
includes powers and duties;
means the Governor in Cabinet;
means land as defined in section 2 of the Registered Land Law (2004 Revision);
means any portion of land developed (whether in relation to a dyke or otherwise) by, or at the direction of, the Mosquito Research and Control Unit to provide access to the land for the purpose of carrying out mosquito research and control function;
means a road to which the public does not have access as of right;
means a road which —
is maintained at public expense; or
is dedicated in that capacity to the use of the public as of right,
and which, in either event, is declared by the Highway Authority to be a public road pursuant to this Law;
means the register under the Registered Land Law (2004 Revision);
means registered under the Registered Land Law (2004 Revision);
means the Registrar under the Registered Land Law (2004 Revision);
includes the carriageway, waterways, bridges, culverts and fordings on the edge of the road, and the land on each side of the carriageway and waterways up to the boundary of the road; but does not include a mosquito control trail other than to the extent to which any such trail is declared to be a public road under this Law;
means the National Roads Authority established under section 3 of the National Roads Authority Law (2005 Revision).
means persons authorised by any law to carry on any road transport, water transport, dock, harbour or pier undertaking, or any undertaking for the supply of electricity, water, telephone, telegraphic, sewerage or quarrying services and "statutory undertaking" shall be construed accordingly;
is a sign erected by the Commissioner in or in the vicinity of a road for the purpose of controlling and regulating traffic and the parking of vehicles; and
means a device by which illuminated signals in red, green or amber, or combinations of any such colours are intermittently displayed at the centre of side of a road at an intersection or junction or other place where the Commissioner desires to control traffic, in conjunction with a metallic or white line drawn at right angles to the centre line of the road in the path of vehicles approaching the said device.

Defined Terms

buildingcarriagewayCommissionerCommitteecomposite mapcycle trackdeclared dayfootpathfootwayfunctionsGovernorlandmosquito control trailprivate roadpublic roadregisterregisteredRegistrarroadRoads Authoritystatutory undertakerstraffic signtraffic signal

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