(1) In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires-
(a) “Act” means the Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act, 2014 (7 of 2014); (b) “Chief Officer” means the Chief Officer of the municipality appointed as such under the Gujarat Municipalities Act, 1963; (c) “form” means the form appended to these rules;
(d) “local authority” means- (i) a ‘municipal corporation’ constituted under the Gujarat Provincial Municipal Corporations Act,1949; (ii) a ‘municipality’ constituted under the Gujarat Municipalities Act, 1963; (iii) ‘notified area’ constituted under the Gujarat Municipalities Act, 1963; (iv) ‘Cantonment’ as declared from time to time under the Cantonment Act, 2006; (e) “Municipal Commissioner” means an officer appointed as such for the Municipal Corporation under the Gujarat Provincial Municipal Corporations Act,1949;
(f) “public purpose” includes in the context of the Act,- (i) widening of roads, streets, lanes,
(ii) shifting the alignment of roads, streets, lanes,
(iii) erecting of flyovers with or without clover leaves and slip down roads,
(iv) erecting underpasses,
(v) development of land for the purpose for which it has been reserved or acquired for any public projects,
(vi) implementation of town planning schemes,
(vii) laying of water, storm water or sewer lines, Bom. LIX of 1949.
Guj. 34 of 1964.
Guj. 34 of 1964.
41 of 2006.
Bom. LIX of 1949
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(viii) erecting intermediate pumping stations for water supply and services,
(ix) public conveniences,
(x) any project related to public transport service such as Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS), Metro Rail,
(xi) erection of Economically Weaker Section (EWS) Housing,
(xii) creation of public Parks, Gardens and Recreational Area,
(xiii) conservation of any eco system resource in that area/zone , and
(xiv) such other developmental work taken by the local authority, the beneficiary of which shall be the community at large. (2) Words and expressions defined in the Act and used in these rules shall have the meaning assigned to them in the Act.
CHAPTER II AGE OF STREET VENDOR