Short title, commencement and application
(1) This Act may be cited as the Highway Authority Malaysia (Incorporation) Act 1980. (2) This Act shall come into force on such date as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint. (3) This Act shall apply throughout Malaysia.
Interpretation
In this Act unless the context otherwise requires— “Authority” means the Highway Authority Malaysia established under section 3; “Chairman” means the Chairman of the Authority and includes any person exercising the functions of chairman temporarily; “Fund” means the Highway Authority Malaysia Fund established under section 12; “highway” includes all traffic lanes, acceleration lanes, deceleration lanes, shoulders, median strips, bridges, overpasses, underpasses, interchanges, approaches, entrance and exit ramps, toll plazas, service areas, maintenance areas, highway furniture, signs and other structures and fixtures and any other areas adjacent thereto, under the control and management of the Authority; “toll” includes any levy, due, or compensation to be paid to the Authority for using the highway or any portion thereof, by vehicular or other traffic; “user” means any person who drives or operates any vehicle on the highway; “vehicle” has the meaning assigned to it in the *Road Transport Act 1987 [Act 333].
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Text as at 1 January 2006 (LOM reprint); amendments made after that date may not be incorporated. Read the official text ↗
Source: Laws of Malaysia, Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia (lom.agc.gov.my). Not a copy of the Gazette printed by the Government Printer (Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967, s 61).