Definitions

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Summary

In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or the context, (a) "Agriculture" includes horticulture, poultry farming, the raising of crops, fruits, vegetables, flowers, grass or trees of any kind, breeding of livestock including cattle, horses, donkeys, mules, pigs, breeding of fish and keeping of bees, the use of land for grazing cattle and for any purpose which is ancillary to its cultivation or other agricultural purpose but does not include the use of land as a garden which is an appendage to a building and the expression "agricultural" shall be construed accordingly; (b) "Amenity" includes roads, bridges, any other means of communication, transport, supply of water and electricity, any other source of energy, street lighting, drainage, sewerage and conservancy, and any other convenience as the State Government in consultation with Authority, may from time to time, by notification in the official Gazette, specify to be amenity for the purposes of this Act ; (c) "Authority" means the Uttar Pradesh State Capital Region Development Authority or Regional Development Authority constituted under sub-section (1) of section 4 ; (d) "Committee" means the Executive Committee constituted under subsection (1) of section 5; (e) "Development", with its grammatical variations, means the carrying out of building , engineering, mining or other operations in, or over, or under any land (including land under river, lake or any other water) or the making of any material change in any building of land, or in the use of any building or land and includes redevelopment and layout and sub-divisions of any land and also the provisions of amenities and projects and schemes for development of industrial, agriculture, horticulture, floriculture, forestry, dairy development, poultry, farming, piggery, cattle breeding, fisheries and other similar activities and the words "to develop" shall be construed accordingly; (f) "Development authority" means,- (i) an authority constituted under section 4 of the Uttar Pradesh Urban Planning and Development Act, 1973 (President's Act no. 11 of 1973) ; (ii) an authority constituted under section 4 of the Uttar Pradesh Special Area Development Authority Act, 1986 (U.P. Act no. 9 of 1986) ; (iii) a Controlling Authority constituted under section 4 of the Uttar Pradesh (Regulation of Building Operations) Act, 1958 (U.P. Act no. 34 of 1958) ; (g) "Development Scheme" means a scheme to implement one or more elements of the Functional Plan or Regional Plan ; (h) "Functional Plan" means a plan prepared to elaborate one or more elements of the Regional Plan ; (i) "Government" means the State Government of Uttar Pradesh ; (j) "Land" includes benefits to arise out of land and things attached to the earth or permanently fastened to anything attached to the earth; (k) "Local Authority" means ,- (i) a Municipal Corporation constituted under the Uttar Pradesh Municipal Corporation Act, 1959 (U.P. Act no. 2 of 1959) ; (ii) a Nagar Palika Parishad or Nagar Panchayat constituted under the Uttar Pradesh Municipalities Act, 1916 (U.P. Act no. 2 of 1916) ; (iii) a Kshetra Panchayat or Zila Panchayat constituted under the Uttar Pradesh Kshettra Panchayats and Zila Panchayats Adhiniyam, 1961 (U.P. Act no. 33 of 1961); or (iv) a Authority constituted under the Uttar Pradesh Industrial area Development Act, 1976 (U.P. Act no.6 of 1976); (v) any local authority constituted under any law by the Government. (l) "Master Plan" means a master plan prepared by development authorities in accordance with the provisions of their respective Acts for the development of land within their jurisdiction; (m) "Prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (n) "Project Plan" means a detailed plan prepared to implement one or more elements of the Regional Plan, District Plan, Functional Plan, Master Plan, Development scheme , as the case may be; (o) " Regional Plan" means plan prepared under the provisions of this Act, for the development or re-development of Region as defined in this Act, or for any part thereof and includes a draft or final plan prepared for the said region or any part thereof; (p) "Regulations" means regulations made by the Authority under this Act; (q) "Rules" means rules made by the Government under this Act; (r) dbqsSub-Region" means such part of the region as falls entirely within the limits of a particular development authority or local bodies ; (s) "Uttar Pradesh State Capital Region" or "Other Region" means the area notified by the Government under section 3 .

In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or the context, (a) "Agriculture" includes horticulture, poultry farming, the raising of crops, fruits, vegetables, flowers, grass or trees of any kind, breeding of livestock including cattle, horses, donkeys, mules, pigs, breeding of fish and keeping of bees, the use of land for grazing cattle and for any purpose which is ancillary to its cultivation or other agricultural purpose but does not include the use of land as a garden which is an appendage to a building and the expression "agricultural" shall be construed accordingly; (b) "Amenity" includes roads, bridges, any other means of communication, transport, supply of water and electricity, any other source of energy, street lighting, drainage, sewerage and conservancy, and any other convenience as the State Government in consultation with Authority, may from time to time, by notification in the official Gazette, specify to be amenity for the purposes of this Act ; (c) "Authority" means the Uttar Pradesh State Capital Region Development Authority or Regional Development Authority constituted under sub-section (1) of section 4 ; (d) "Committee" means the Executive Committee constituted under subsection (1) of section 5; (e) "Development", with its grammatical variations, means the carrying out of building , engineering, mining or other operations in, or over, or under any land (including land under river, lake or any other water) or the making of any material change in any building of land, or in the use of any building or land and includes redevelopment and layout and sub-divisions of any land and also the provisions of amenities and projects and schemes for development of industrial, agriculture, horticulture, floriculture, forestry, dairy development, poultry, farming, piggery, cattle breeding, fisheries and other similar activities and the words "to develop" shall be construed accordingly; (f) "Development authority" means,- (i) an authority constituted under section 4 of the Uttar Pradesh Urban Planning and Development Act, 1973 (President's Act no. 11 of 1973) ; (ii) an authority constituted under section 4 of the Uttar Pradesh Special Area Development Authority Act, 1986 (U.P. Act no. 9 of 1986) ; (iii) a Controlling Authority constituted under section 4 of the Uttar Pradesh (Regulation of Building Operations) Act, 1958 (U.P. Act no. 34 of 1958) ; (g) "Development Scheme" means a scheme to implement one or more elements of the Functional Plan or Regional Plan ; (h) "Functional Plan" means a plan prepared to elaborate one or more elements of the Regional Plan ; (i) "Government" means the State Government of Uttar Pradesh ; (j) "Land" includes benefits to arise out of land and things attached to the earth or permanently fastened to anything attached to the earth; (k) "Local Authority" means ,- (i) a Municipal Corporation constituted under the Uttar Pradesh Municipal Corporation Act, 1959 (U.P. Act no. 2 of 1959) ; (ii) a Nagar Palika Parishad or Nagar Panchayat constituted under the Uttar Pradesh Municipalities Act, 1916 (U.P. Act no. 2 of 1916) ; (iii) a Kshetra Panchayat or Zila Panchayat constituted under the Uttar Pradesh Kshettra Panchayats and Zila Panchayats Adhiniyam, 1961 (U.P. Act no. 33 of 1961); or (iv) a Authority constituted under the Uttar Pradesh Industrial area Development Act, 1976 (U.P. Act no.6 of 1976); (v) any local authority constituted under any law by the Government. (l) "Master Plan" means a master plan prepared by development authorities in accordance with the provisions of their respective Acts for the development of land within their jurisdiction; (m) "Prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (n) "Project Plan" means a detailed plan prepared to implement one or more elements of the Regional Plan, District Plan, Functional Plan, Master Plan, Development scheme , as the case may be; (o) " Regional Plan" means plan prepared under the provisions of this Act, for the development or re-development of Region as defined in this Act, or for any part thereof and includes a draft or final plan prepared for the said region or any part thereof; (p) "Regulations" means regulations made by the Authority under this Act; (q) "Rules" means rules made by the Government under this Act; (r) dbqsSub-Region" means such part of the region as falls entirely within the limits of a particular development authority or local bodies ; (s) "Uttar Pradesh State Capital Region" or "Other Region" means the area notified by the Government under section 3 .

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