Maharashtra Truck Terminal (Regulation of Location) Act, 1995
No: 31 Dated: May, 12 1997
THE MAHARASHTRA TRUCK TERMINAL (REGULATION OF LOCATION) ACT, 1995
ACT No. XXXI OF 1997
An Act to regulate the movement of goods carriages and transport vehicles in respect of loading and unloading of goods in urban areas, to regulate the location of the offices and godowns of transport companies, booking agents and others engaged in the business of collecting, forwarding or distribution of goods carried by goods carriages or transport vehicles, to establish Truck Terminal Authority to manage and control the truck terminal and to provide for matters connected therewith or supplemental or incidental thereto.
WHEREAS, with the fast growth of population and commercial activities, the congestion and traffic problems in urban areas and particularly in the Bombay Metropolitan Region have increased enormously :
AND WHEREAS, with a view to relieving some of the congestion in traffic, steps have been taken under the Maharashtra Agricultural Produce Marketing (Regulation) Act, 1963 to shift wholesale markets for some of the agricultural produce like onions, potatoes, dry fruits condiments and spieces etc., sugar, gur, ghee, wheat-flour and coconut outside Bombay, and under the provisions of the Bombay Metropolitan Region Specified Commodities Markets (Regulation of Location) Act, 1983 to regulate in Greater Bombay and location of market areas and wholesale markets in respect of textiles, and iron and steel ;
AND WHEREAS, it is further expedient to enact a law immediately to accelerate the process of decongestion by regulating the movement of goods carriages and transport vehicles in respect of loading and unloading of goods at the specified areas to regulate the location of the offices and godowns of transport companies, booking agents and others engaged in the business of collecting, forwarding or distribution of goods carried by goods carriages and transport vehicles, to establish Truck Terminal Authority to manage and control such areas and to provide for matters connected therewith or supplemental or incidental thereto;
It is hereby enacted in the Forty-sixth Year of the Republic of India as follows :—
CHAPTER I
PRELIMINARY
1. Short title, extent, commencement and application:- . (1) This Act may be called the Maharashtra Truck Terminal (Regulation of Location) Act, 1995.
(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Maharashtra.
(3) It shall come into force in the Bombay Metropolitan Region at once. It shall come into force in any other area on such date as the State Government may, by Notification in the Official Gazette, appoint, and different dates may be appointed for different areas.
(4) The provisions of this Act shall apply to control area or part thereof on the date appointed in the Notification under sub-section (1) of section 3; and different dates may be appointed for different control areas or different parts of a control area.
2. Definitions:- In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, —
(a) “appointed day” means the day on which the provisions of this Act apply to any control area or part thereof;
(b) “Authority” or “Truck Terminal Authority” means the Truck Terminal Authority established under section 4 ;
(c) “ Bombay Metropolitan Region” means the area specified in Schedule I to the *Bombay Metropolitan Region Development Authority Act, 1974;
(d) “Chairman” means the Chairman of the Authority;
(e) “Chief Executive Officer” means the Chief Executive Officer of the Authority;
(f) “Control area” means an area declared as control area under section 3;
(g) “Member” means a member of the Authority and include the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer ;
(h) “Metropolitan Commissioner” means the Metropolitan Commissioner of the Bombay Metropolitan Region Development Authority;
(i) “Regulation” means the regulation made under this Act;
(j) “Rules” means the rules made under this Act;
(k) “Terminal” or “Truck Terminal” means the area declared as the Truck Terminal under section 5 ;
(l) “Truck Terminal Fund” means the fund constituted under section 36 ;
(m) Words and expressions used in this Act, and not defined herein, shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988.