Article 1
The following words and phrases are intended to mean the definitions indicated next to each:
Committee: Committee for the sale or lease of real estate units on the map.
Regulations: The regulations related to the sale or lease of real estate units on the map, issued by the Council of Ministers Decision No. (536) dated 4/12/1437 AH.
Rules: The rules issued by the Committee to organize the work of selling or leasing real estate units on the map.
Activity: The sale or lease of any real estate units on the map, regardless of their purpose, whether residential, commercial, investment, office, service, industrial, tourism, or others, and regardless of the method of their development or construction, in which the developer receives amounts from beneficiaries or project financiers.
Project: The construction works or land development aimed at selling or leasing real estate units on the map.
Real Estate Unit: The part segregated from the project, including portions of the undeveloped land if the project is for establishing infrastructure.
Developer: The person licensed to sell, lease, purchase, and develop real estate, as the main developer of the project.
Sub-developer: The person licensed to sell, lease, purchase, and develop real estate under an agreement with the main developer.
Beneficiary: The buyer or tenant of the real estate unit.
Map: A detailed engineering plan for the real estate units subject to sale or lease, approved by the competent authority.
Project Register: The register maintained by the Committee to organize and document contracts for the sale or lease of real estate units on the map in licensed projects, and the actions related to them.
Certified Accountant: The person licensed to perform accounting and legal auditing services.
Consulting Office: The licensed engineering supervision office authorized to provide engineering consulting services.
Guarantee Account: The bank account specific to the project where amounts paid by beneficiaries and project financiers are deposited.
Account Custodian: The banking institution licensed by the competent authority.
