2. In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,- (1) "aerial ropeway" means an aerial ropeway (or any portion thereof) for the carriage of passengers, animals or goods, and includes all posts, ropes, carriers, stations, offices, warehouses, workshops, machinery and other works used for the purposes of, or in connection with, and all land appurtenant to, such aerial ropeway; (2) "carrier" means any vehicle or receptacle hung or suspended from, or hauled by, a rope and used for the carriage of passengers, animals or goods or for any other purpose in connection with the working of an aerial ropeway; (3) "Collector" means the chief officer in charge of the land-revenue administration of a district, and includes any officer specially appointed by the Government to discharge the functions of a Collector under this Act; (4) "Inspector" means an Inspector of aerial ropeways appointed under this Act; (5) "local authority" means a ¹[Paurashava, Zilla Board], body of Port Commissioners or other authority legally entitled to, or entrusted by the Government with the control or management of a municipal or local fund; (6) "order" means an order authorising the construction of an aerial ropeway under this Act; (7) "post" means a post, trestle, standard, strut, stay or other contrivance or part of a contrivance for carrying, suspending or supporting a rope; (8) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made by the Government under section 42; (9) "promoter" means- (i) the Government, (ii) a local authority, (iii) any person, (iv) any company incorporated under the Companies Act, 1913, or ²[* * *] in whose favour an order has been made under section 7 or under section 28, or on whom the rights and liabilities conferred and imposed on the promoter by this Act, and by rules and orders made under this Act as to the construction, maintenance and use of the aerial ropeway, have devolved or have been imposed by section 40; (10) "rate" includes any fare, charge or other payment for the carriage of passengers, animals or goods on an aerial ropeway; and (11) "rope" includes any cable, wire, rail or way, whether flexible or rigid, for suspending carrying or hauling a carrier, if any part of such cable, wire, rail or way is carried overhead and is suspended from, or supported on, posts.