2. (1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-
(i) "appurtenant land" means all lands appurtenant to a national waterway or state waterway, whether demarcated or not;
(ii) "Authority" means Uttar Pradesh Inland Waterways Authority constituted under this Act;
(iii) “berth” means facility such as wharf, jetty etc. for berthing the vessel/ship alongside inland water;
(iv) "cargo" includes anything except living persons carried or to be carried in the vessel;
(v) "cargo vessel" means a vessel which is not a passenger vessel;
(vi) "Central Government" means the Government of India;
(vii) “Chairperson” means the Chairperson of the Authority appointed under sub-section (4) of section 3 of the Act;
(viii) "conservancy" includes dredging, training, closure, diversion or abandoning channels;
(ix) "conservancy measures" means measures for the purposes of conservancy but does not include measures for protection of banks against floods or for restricting banks which have become eroded mainly on account of regions not connected with shipping and navigation;
(x) "ferry" means a vessel providing passenger transport services or combined passenger and goods transport services across or along inland waterways within the State of Uttar Pradesh;
(xi) “goods” includes livestock and anything carried by a vessel except living persons;
(xii) "infrastructure" includes structures such as docks, wharves, jetties, landing stages, locks, bouys, inland ports, cargo handling equipment, road and rail access and cargo storage spaces, and the expression "infrastructural facilities" shall be construed accordingly;
(xiii) “inland waters”, for the purpose of inland navigation, includes rivers, canals, streams, lakes and other navigable water bodies within the territorial jurisdiction of Uttar Pradesh which may be declared as such by notification in the official Gazette by the State Government;
(xiv) “inland waterway” means national as well as State waterway;
(xv) “jetty” means artificial structure into the inland water enabling the passage of passengers and cargoes to and from the vessel;
(xvi) "manufacturer" means a person engaged in the manufacturing of vessels or any part or equipment thereof;
(xvii) “member” means a member of the Authority appointed under subsection (4) of section 3 and includes the Chairperson and the Vice Chairperson of the Authority.
(xviii) “national waterway” means the Inland Waterway declared to be a national waterway under the National Waterways Act, 2016 (Act no. 17 of 2016);
(xix) "navigable channel" means a channel navigable during the whole or a part of the year;
(xx) “passenger” means any person carried on a vessel except persons employed or engaged in any capacity on board of the vessel in connection with the business of the vessel;
(xxi) "passenger vessel" means a vessel used or adapted to be used for the carriage of passengers for hire or reward;
(xxii) "port" shall have the same meaning as defined in the Indian Ports Act, 1908 (Act no. 15 of 1908);
(xxiii) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
(xxiv) "regulations" means regulations made by the Authority under this Act;
(xxv) Act; "rules" means rules made by the State Government under this
(xxvi) "State Government" means the Government of Uttar Pradesh;
(xxvii) "State Legislature" means the Legislature of Uttar Pradesh;
(xxviii) “State waterway” means the inland waterway within the territorial jurisdiction of Government of Uttar Pradesh which may be declared as such, by notification in the official Gazette, by the State Government;
(xxix) "wharf" means a construction on the banks of inland water for berthing of a ship/vessel;
(2) Words and expressions used in the Inland Waterways Authority of India Act, 1985 (Act no.82 of 1985) and the Inland Vessels Act, 2021(Act no.24 of 2021) and the Central rules made thereunder, and not defined in this Act shall have the same meaning as assigned to them in the aforesaid Acts and rules.