(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwiserequires, -
(a) "advisory" means a recommendation or advice made under this Act for consideration of the Government and such other Definitions.
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entities, as may be specified;
(b) "Authority" means the Punjab Water Regulation and Development Authority established under section3 of this Act;
(c) "category of usage" means the use of water for different purposes such as domestic, irrigation, industrial or commercial purposes, including such other purposes as may be determined by the Authority;
(d) "Chairperson" means the Chairperson of the Authority;
(e) "Council" means the Punjab State Council for Water Management and Development constituted under section 13 of this Act;
(f) "entity" means an organization or authority established under any law or otherwise, including the Gram Panchayats, Panchayat Samitis, Zila Parishads, Municipalities and any other Boards or Corporations established by the Union Government or the Government of Punjab and any of its departments;
(g) "Government" means the Government of the State of Punjab in the Department of Water Resources;
(h) "groundwater" means water occurring under its natural state, where it exists below the surface in the zone of saturation whereby it can be extracted through wells or any other means or emerges as springs and base flows in streams and rivers;
(i) "Member" means a Member of the Authority and unless the context requires otherwise, includes the Chairperson;
(j) "person" includes an individual, a company, a firm, an association of individuals or a body of individuals, whether incorporated or not;
(k) "prescribed" means prescribed by the rules made under this Act;
(l) "President" means the President of the Council;
(m) "regulations" means the regulations made by the Authority under this Act;
(n) "Selection Committee" means a Selection Committee constituted under section5of this Act;
(o) “specified” means specified by the Government through a notification published in the Official Gazette, unless the context requires otherwise;
(p) "stage of groundwater development" means the ratio of annual groundwater draft and net annual groundwater availability in percentage;
(q) "State" means the State of Punjab;
(r) "volumetric" means a measurement of water on the basis of volume; and
(s) "water" includes surface, sub-surface and groundwater.
(2) The words and expressions used but not defined in this Act, but defined in various irrigation or water resources related laws in the State, shall have the same meanings respectively assigned to them in those laws.