Kerala Road Safety Authority Act, 2007

No: 8 Dated: Apr, 13 2007

Kerala Road Safety Authority Act, 2007

(Act 8 of 2007)

    An Act to provide for the constitution of a Road Safety Authority for the implementation of road safety programmes in the State, for the establishment of a Road Safety Fund and for matters connected therewith and incidental thereto.

    Preamble. - Whereas, it is expedient to provide for the constitution of a Road Safety Authority for the implementation of road safety programmes in the State, for the establishment of a Road Safety Fund and for matters connected therewith and incidental thereto:

Be it enacted in the Fifty-eighth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-

1. Short title and commencement. - (1) This Act may be called the Kerala Road Safety Authority Act, 2007.

(2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 7th day of January, 2006.

2. Definitions. - (1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-

(a) "accident" means any incident wherein, on account of the use of a motor vehicle on a public road, death, bodily injury or damage caused to any public properties, other vehicles, person, persons or property or to any public property or other vehicles, as the case may be;

(b) "authority" means the 'Road Safety Authority' constituted under section 3;

(c) "cess" means the cess levied under section 10;

(d) "Chairman" means the Chairman of the Authority, Executive Committee or District Road Safety Council, as the case may be;

(e) "district" means a revenue district;

(f) "District Road Safety Council" means the District Road Safety Council constituted under section 19;

(g) "executive committee" means the executive committee of the Authority;

(h) "fund" means the Road Safety Fund constituted under section 11;

(i) "local authority" means a Panchayat constituted under the Kerala Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 (13 of 1994) or a Municipality constituted under the Kerala Municipality Act, 1994 (20 of 1994);

(j) "public road" shall include, any private road to which public have access and also the traffic islands, medians and footpaths;

(k) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;

(l) "regulations" means the regulations made under section 39;

(m) "vehicle" includes any contraption or device used or capable of being used for the carriage or movement of human beings, animals or goods;

  (2) Words and expressions used but not defined in this Act shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 (Central Act 59 of 1988), Kerala Highway Protection Act, 1999 (6 of 2000) or the rules made thereunder.