Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires- (a) "amenities" means basic and essential services including but not limited to roads, bridges, bypasses and underpasses, drainage, water supply, power supply and electrical installations, collection- treatment- discharge and disposal of institutional and township waste, health, education, transport, disaster management, parks, green areas, gas pipeline, entertainment, hospitality, recreation, industry, townships and institutional areas and other facilities of conveniences and such other services as the souADTG Authoritv may specify; (b) "building operations" shall have the same meaning as is assigned to it under elause (vi) of section 2 of the Gujarat Town planning and Urban Development Act,I976; (c) "developer" means a person or entity with whom a concession agreement is entered into or a project has been awarded and for which such other agreement is entered into for furtherance of the objectives ofthis Act; (0 "development" shall have the surme meaning as is assigned to it under clause (viii) of section2 of the Gujarat Town planning and Urban Development Act,l97 6. (e) "development plan" means a plan for the development or re- development or improvement of a Tourism development area; 0 '"engineering operations" shall have the same meaning as is assigned to it under clause (xi) of section 2 of the Gujarat Town Planning and Urban Development Act 1976; (g) "Govemment agency" means a Corporation or a Govemment company or a body owned or controlled by the State Govemment or an authority established by or under any State law and includes a local authority; (h) "land" shall have the same meaning as is assigned to it under clause (xiii) of section2 of the Gujarat Town planning and Urban Development Act,l976; 0 "local authority" means a municipality constituted or deemed to be constituted under the Gujarat Municipalities Act, 1963, a committee appointed for a notified area under the Gujarat Municipalities Act, 1963 or a panchayat constituted under the Gujarat Panchayats Act, 1993; 0 "Notification" means a notification published in the Officiat Gazette; (<) "Nuisance" includes any act of commission or omission or carrying on of any activity, process, operation including the operation of any machine which causes or is likely to cause injury, danger, or which is or may be dangerous to life or injurious to health or property or to any animal or plant; PART IV ] GUJARAT GOVERNN4EMT GAZETTE, EX. 20.12-2019 "occupier" includes, (t) any person who for the time being is pa,ving or is liable to pay to the owner the rent of the land or building in respect of which such rent is paid or is payable; an owner living in or otherwise using his land or buirding; a rent-free tenant; a licensee in occupation of any land or building; any person who is liable to pay to the owner damages or compensation for the use and occupation of any land or building; but, shall not include a person who on the date of commencement of this Act is in illegal possession of any land which has been acquired by the State Government or by any other authority and has vested in the State Government and shall not also include a person who has encroached upon such land; "operational construction" shall have the same meaning as is assigned to it under clause (xvii) of section 2 of the Gujarat Town Planning and Urban Development Act,1976. "owner", in relation to any property, includes any person who is, for the time being receiving or entitled to receive, whether on his own account or on account ofor on behalf,of or for the benefit of, any other person or as an agent, trustee, guardian, manager or receiver for any other person or for any religious or charitable institution, the rents or profits of the property; and also includes a mortgagee in possession thereof but shall not include any such person who on the date of commencement of this Act is in illegal possession of any land which has been acquired by the state Government or by any other authority and has vested in the state Government and shall also not include a person who has encroached upon such land; "person" means and includes, an individual, an entity, a company, firrn, organization, association of persons, society, establishment, institution including Government agencies carrying on business or economic activity in the Tourism development area; "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; "Prescribed Authority" means an Authority appointed under section 25; "regulations" means a regulations made under section 54 and includes zoning and other regulations made as part of a development plan ortown pl ing scheme; "rules" means rules made under seetion 53; "Statue Of Unity" means the statue of Shri Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, located at Kevadia, District: Na ada, Gujarat; 0 34-3 President's Act No. 27 of 1976" (ii) (ut) (iv) (v) (m) (n) (o) (p) (q) o 6) o 34-4 GUJARAT GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, EX. 2O-12-2OI} I PART IV "statue of unity Area Development and Tourism Governance Authority" means the authority constituted under section 4 or any Govemment agency or Government company designated as such under sub-section (4) ofsection 4; "Tourism activity" means the activities and services including but not limited to industrial, manufacturing, oommercial, financial, processing, packaging, logistics, transport, tourism, hospitality, health, housing, entertainment, research and development, education and training, skill development, information and communication, management and consultancy, corporate offrces and the activities and services connected therewith or incidental thereto and other activities including the economic activities as the State Government may specify bV notification in the Officiat Gazette; "Tourism development area" means the area declared under section 3; "Tourism trade" means and includes facilities, service, activities orproducts relating to Tourism provided to a tourist in a premises b>r any person or travel agency regularly or occasionally within Tourism development area or otherwise; "tourist guide" means the tourist guide appointed under section 30. CHAPTER II DECLARATION OF TOURISM DEVELOPMENT AREA