In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
(a)“Authority” means the National Highways Authority of India constituted under section 3;
(b)“Chairman” means the Chairman of the Authority;
(c)“employee” means a person in the full-time service of the Authority;
(d)“member” means a member of the Authority appointed under section 3 and includes the Chairman;
(e)“national highway” means any highway for the time being declared as a national highway under section 2 of the National Highways Act, 1956 (48 of 1956);
(f)“prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
(g)“regulations” means regulations made by the Authority under this Act;
(h)words and expressions used herein and not defined but defined in the National Highways Act, 1956 (48 of 1956) shall have the meanings assigned to them in that Act.