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Tn this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- Definition: ( ( 1 ) " appl-OVC~ scheme " means a scheme approved under section 100 of thc ISotor Vehicles Act : ( b ) " dril ft whemc " nleansl ai ghcnie published under section 99 ,of a;+$,*". the Motor Vehicles Act ; ( c ) " Motor T - c ~ ~ c I ~ s Aet " means the Motor fihicles net, 1985 ; ( d ) the esp~.~ssion " notified ronte " shrill i.11~ fi.inmc nleaning ns in ~ection 100 of the Motor Vehicles Act ; i i I liroub IV-2 EX [4691--1 f 157 7 158 . . ,- TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY b - - -- . F , ( e ) wol'tls ~lr~tl c~xprossions usud I~crcin ant1 no1 tlcfinotl l)lit clciinc(1 in the Motor Vcliiclcs Act shall have the nlctlnings rcspcctivcly uss~gnccl to them in that 11 ct. Grant of 3 ( I ) Piotwitllstnnding anything contqined in a 1 1 01 ;In &rfnjt under approved scheme,, the 12egl ma1 'I'ransport Authority may, on :Ln applicntion certain made in accorclance with the ;ules made in this hehall', grant ;L pcrmit or hmstances' renew a permit to a anall operator to ply his stage carriage on the1 enti1.r ~ O U ~ C covercd by the draft slchclne or the approved schcme or on such p@it!On of the route covered by thc draft wheme or approved scheme as ma!: 1)c s ~ e r i - fied and for such period and subject to such terms and conditions which may be in respect of matters specified in sub-section (2) of section 72 of the Motor \-elljplcs Act or in re5pcct of ails otlicr 1lli~ti.c~ as ~t tliinlrs fit. ~.'cplnnalint~.--For the purposes of this sul,-sccbion and sec.tion 6 .'small operator " nleans any stage carriage operator holding on the date of the commencement of this Act or oil any date subsequent to such date of commencement, five or l e s ~ stage carriage permits notwithstanding that all or any stagc carriage permlts hakl expired after ~ ~ c h date of commencement : Provided that in compudng the nulllber of stage carri,age permits for tile purposes of this sub-section- (i) the number of permits in rospect of reserve vehicles kept by the STag'e carnage operator to mainta'in thc service ; or (ii) the number of temporary permis granted under clause ( a ) . cisuse (b), or clause (c) uf sub-seetion (1) of section 87 of the Motor Vehicles AGt , (2) Notwithstanding apything contained in a &;aft scheme or an wproved schcme, the Regional Tramport Authority may, on an applicat,ion ~ a d e in accordance with the rules made in this behalf vary the conditiorls of a permit for a stage carriage so as to enable the applicant to opcratc on the elltire route or any portion of the route covered by such draft scheme or mi apppoved sxhenie. (3) For thc period during which thc permit referred to under ~ ~ 1 ) - section (1) or sub-seetion (2) is in forcc, the draft schemc or the approved schenie~ relating to the entire route or portion of the route refcrrcd to in t l ~ c said sub-sections shall 1)c deemed to have becn modified to the extent ~pecific~ci in the said sub-sections. Existing perniit.9 (4) Notwithstanding anything contained in Chapter V l incluclirrr: to be section 98 of the RIotor Trehiclcr Act, the provisions of Chapter TT of that +;cat and !he rules made thereunder shall, so far as may be, apply in relation to the g ~ a n t , renewa,l or variatior~ of permit under this section as they apply in rchtion to the grant, renewal or variation of permit uncler th2 said Chapter 77.