Short title and commencement — THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA ACT, 1992

Short title and commencement (1) These regulations may be called the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Infrastructure Investment Trusts) Regulations, 2014. They shall come into force on the date of their notification in the Official Gazette . Definitions THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY PART – – III – – SECTION 4 PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 26, 2014 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA NOTIFICATION Mumbai, the 26 th September, 2014 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA (INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT TRUSTS) REGULATIONS, 2014 No. LAD -NRO/GN/2014 -15/10/1577 -In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 30 read with Section 11 and 12 of the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 (15 of 1992), laying a framework for Infrastructure Investment Trusts and registration and regulation thereof, the Securities and Exchange Board of India hereby, makes the following regulations, namely, — CHAPTER I PRELIMINARY (1) In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, the terms defined herein shall bear the meanings assigned to them below, and their cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly,– (a) "Act" means the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 (15 of 1992); (b) "associate" of any person 1 ["means "associate company" as defined under the Companies Act, 2013 or under the applicable accounting standards and shall also include" , ] – (i) any person controlled, directly or indirectly, by the said person; (ii) any person who controls, directly or indirectly, the said person; (iii) where the said person is a company or a body corporate, any person(s) who is designated as promoter(s) of the company or body corporate and any other company or body corporate with the same promoter(s); (iv) where the said person is an individ