"Act " means the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 (Central Act 16 of 2016);

"Agreement for Sale " means an agreement for sale and/or construction agreement as prescribed in Annexure 'A' to these rules;

"Association " means the Association referred to in rule 10;

"authenticated copy " means a self-attested copy of any document required to be provided by any person under these rules;

"Form " means a form appended to these rules;

"Government " means the Government of Tamil Nadu;

"layout plan " means a plan of the project depicting the division or proposed division of land into plots, roads, open spaces, amenities, etc., and other details as may be necessary;

in layout projects i.e., where land is developed into plots, the roads and open spaces gifted to the local body concerned;

the projects in Chennai Metropolitan Area for which application for completion certificate has been filed with Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority subject to furnishing certificate from the architect/licensed surveyor/structural engineer associated with the project to the effect that all the buildings in the projects have been structurally completed i.e. all the columns, beams and slabs have been erected supported with photographs. Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority will issue, completion certificate for those projects in compliance with Completion Certificate norms prescribed. In Completion Certificate filed cases, if the Completion Certificate is rejected by Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority for violation of norms, such projects will be intimated to the Real Estate Regulatory Authority and will be bound for registration with Real Estate Regulatory Authority. The details of all projects where Completion Certificate application has been filed with Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority prior to notification of these rules will be disclosed to the public by publishing the list of all such projects on the website of Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority and Real Estate Regulatory Authority immediately after notification of these rules.

in the case of projects under execution outside Chennai Metropolitan Area, as no provision and procedure has yet been prescribed for issue of completion certificate, if the construction is structurally completed meaning that all the columns, beams and slabs have been erected and certified by the architect or structural engineer/licensed surveyor associated with the project supported with photographs. Such projects shall be intimated to the concerned Local Planning Authority or Regional Deputy Director of the Town and Country Planning Department within 15 days from the date of notification of these rules with a copy marked to the office of the Director of Town and Country Planning. The Director of Town and Country Planning will make public the list of all such projects in his official website, on the 16th day of notification of the rules besides publication of the same in the website of Real Estate Regulatory Authority.

"project land " means any parcel or parcels of land on which the project is developed and constructed by a promoter;

"Parking " means the parking space(s) as shown in the plans approved by the planning authority;

"Reserved Car Park " means an enclosed or unenclosed, covered or open area which is sufficient in size to park vehicles and which may be provided in basements and/or stilt and/or podium and/or independent structure built for providing parking spaces and/or parking provided by mechanized parking arrangements and which is not a garage and

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Words and expressions used herein and not defined, but defined in the Act, shall have the same meaning, respectively, assigned to them in the Act.