(1) These rules may be called the Panchkula Metropolitan Development Authority Rules, 2023.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
Definitions 2. (1) In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires,-
(a) ―Act‖ means the Panchkula Metropolitan Development Authority Act, 2021 (23 of 2021);
(b) ―electronic mode‖ means a mode such as video-conferencing, videocalling over the internet or such other similar means as the Chief Executive Officer may deem fit;
(c) ―expert member‖ means a member of the Authority nominated under clause (m) of section 5 of the Act;
(d) ―Form‖ means form appended to these rules;
(e) ―member‖ means a member of the Authority or the Residents Advisory Council, as the case may be;
(f) ―Presiding Chair‖ means the Chairperson of the Authority or in his absence, such member as may be elected by the members present in a meeting of the Authority;
(g) ―real estate developer‖ means a licensee in the notified area granted licence under sub-section (3) of section 3 of the Haryana Development and Regulation of Urban Areas Act, 1975 (8 of 1975), but does not include the Haryana Shehri Vikas Pradhikaran;
(h) ―resident welfare associations‖ means an association of residents of an area within the limits of the Municipal Corporation, Panchkula, constituted by and for the welfare of the residents of the area and satisfies the conditions of eligibility under sub-rule (3) of rule 14;
(i) ―resident member‖ means a member of the Residents Advisory Council nominated under clause (g) of sub-section (2) of section 11 of the Act;
(j) ―Schedule‖ means the Schedule appended to these rules.
(2) Words and expressions used herein and not defined in these rules but defined in the Act, shall have the same meanings respectively assigned to them in the Act.
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