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Definitions - In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) "appointed day", in relation to any non-major Port, means the day on which this Act is made applicable to that Port; (b) "board" means the Andhra Pradesh Maritime Board established under section 3; (c) "board security" means debentures, bonds or dock certificates issued by the Board in respect of any loan contracted by it under the provisions of this Act; (d) "chairman" means the Chairman of the Board appointed under section 3 and includes the person appointed under section 9 to act as the Chairman; (e) “commissioner of customs” means the Commissioner of Customs as specified in the Customs Act, 1962 (Act No.52 of 1962); (f) "dock" includes all basins, locks, cuts, entrances, graving docks, graving blocks, inclined planes, shipways, gridirons, moorings, transit sheds, warehouses, godowns, open plots and other works and things appertaining to any dock and also the portion of the sea enclosed or protected by the arms or groines of a harbour; (g) “developer” means any person or entity (owned by either Private or State/Central Government Undertakings), other than State Government or the Board who has entered into a contract with the Board for development and / or, construction and / or operation and/or maintenance of a port or port terminal and/or related infrastructure or is approved by the Board to develop an Economic Zone within the port areas; (h) “economic zone” means a zone within or geo-physically connected to the port area declared as such by the Board; (i) "foreshore" in relation to a port, means the area between the high water mark and the low water mark relating to that port; (j) "goods" includes livestock and every kind of movable property; (k) “government” means the Government of Andhra Pradesh; (l) "high water mark", in relation to a port, means a line drawn through the highest point reached by ordinary spring tides during any season of the year at that port; or as delineated by the Competent Authority from time to time; (m) “immovable property” includes wharfage-rights and all other rights exercisable on, over or in respect of any land, wharf, dock or pier. (n) "indian ports Act" means the Indian Ports Act, 1908 (Act No.15 of 1908) and all the amendments thereto from time to time by the Government of India; (o) “inland water transport (IWT)” means inland water transport system including ferry services in the State. (p) “land” includes the bed of sea or river below high water mark and also things attached to the earth or permanently fastened to anything attached to the earth; (q) “low water mark”, in relation to a port, means a line drawn through the lowest point reached by ordinary spring tides at any season of the year at that port; or as delineated by the competent authority; (r) “major ports”, shall have the same meaning assigned to it in the Indian Ports Act, 1908; (s) "master", in relation to any vessel or craft making use of any non- major Port means any person having, for the time being, charge or control of such vessel or craft, as the case may be, except a pilot, harbour master, dock master, or berthing master of the port; (t) "member" means a member of the Board or its committee, as the case may be, including those duly elected and serving in an advisory capacity to the Board; (u) "non-major Port" means a port other than a major port declared as such by the State Government by notification in the Andhra Pradesh Gazette as per the Indian Ports Act, 1908 or under any other law for the time being in force; (v) “notification”, means a notification published in the Andhra Pradesh Gazette and the word ‘notified’ shall be construed accordingly; (w) "owner"- (i) in relation to goods, means and includes any consignor, consignee, shipper or agent for the sale, custody, loading or unloading of such goods, and (ii) in relation to any vessel or craft making use of any port, means and includes any port owner, chatterer, consignee or mortgagee in possession thereof; (x) "pier" includes any stage, stairs, landing place, hard jetty, floating barge transhipper or pontoon and any bridges or other works connected therewith; Explanation: For the purpose of this clause transhipper means a floating craft or vessel whether dumb or self-propelled, which is provided for discharging cargo from a barge or wharf and loading it on to a ship. (y) "port", means any non-major Port to which this Act applies within such limits as may, from time to time, be defined by the Government in consultation with the Ministry of Shipping, Government of India, so as to ensure coordinated and sustainable development of Port facilities with waterways and user facilities under the Indian Ports Act, 1908 (Act No.15 of 1908); (z) "port approaches", in relation to a Port, means those parts of the navigable rivers and channels leading to the Port in which the Indian Ports Act, 1908 applies; (za) ‘port area’ means such area as may be notified within the vicinity of the port; (zb) ‘port facility security officer’ means the Port Facility Security Officer appointed under section 125; (zc) “port security advisory committee” means the Port Security Advisory Committee constituted under section 126; (zd) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made by the Government under this Act; (ze) “public securities” means,- (i) promissory notes, debentures, stock or other securities of the Central Government or of any State Government: Provided that, securities both the principal and the interest whereof have been fully and unconditionally guaranteed by any such Government shall be deemed, for the purposes of this clause, to be the securities of that Government; and (ii) debentures or other securities for money issued by or on behalf of any Municipal body, Improvement Trust or Port Trust under the authority of any law for the time being in force in the State and includes the Board Securities; (zf) "rate" means and includes any toll, dues, rent, fee or charge leviable under this Act; (zg) "regulations" means regulations made under this Act; (zh) “rules” means rules made under this Act; (zi) "state" means the State of Andhra Pradesh; (zj) “unit” means a unit set up by an entrepreneur in the Economic Zone; (zk) "vessel" includes anything made for the conveyance, mainly by water, of human being or of goods; (zl) "wharf” includes any wall or stage and any part of the Land or Fore-shore that may be used for loading or unloading goods or for the' embarkation or disembarkation of passengers and any wall enclosing or adjoining the same; (zm) All other words and expressions used and not defined in this Act but defined in the relevant Acts in force in the State, shall have the same meaning respectively assigned to them thereunder. CHAPTER –II ESTABLISHMENT OF ANDHRA PRADESH MARITIME BOARD