law: Public Liability Insurance Act, 1991
  2. Definitions  
  In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- 
  1[(a) "accident" means an accident involving a
  
  fortuitous or sudden or unintended occurrence while handling any hazardous
  
  substance resulting in continuous or intermittent or repeated exposure to death
  
  of, or injury to, any person or damage to any property but does not include an
  
  accident by reason only of war or radio-activity;] 
  (b) "Collector" means the Collector having
  
  jurisdiction over the area in which the accident occurs; 
  (c) "handling", in relation to any hazardous
  
  substance, means the manufacture, processing, treatment, package, storage,
  
  transportation by vehicle, use, collection, destruction, conversion, offering
  
  for sale, transfer or the like of such hazardous substance; 
  (d) "hazardous substance" means any substance or
  
  preparation which is defined as hazardous substance under the Environment
  
  (Protection) Act, 1986 (29 of 1986), and exceeding such quantity as may be
  
  specified, by notification, by the Central Government; 
  (e) "insurance" means insurance against liability
  
  under sub-section (1) of section 3; 
  (f) "notification" means a notification published in
  
  the Official Gazette; 
  1[(g) "owner" means a person who owns, or has control
  
  over handling, any hazardous substance at the time of accident and includes,- 
  (i) in the case of a firm, any of its
  
  partners; 
  (ii) in the case of an association, any of its
  
  members; and 
  (iii) in the case of a company, any of its
  
  directors, managers, secretaries or other officers who is directly in charge
  
  of, and is responsible to, the company for the conduct of the business of the company;]
  
  
  (h) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under
  
  this Act; 
  2[(ha) "Relief Fund" means the Environmental Relief
  
  Fund established under section 7A;] 
  (i) "rules" means rules made under this Act; 
  (j) "vehicle" means any mode of surface transport
  
  other than railways.