Section 75

any items of upgrading works specified by the Board to be carried out —

within a flat comprised in a building;

within a building or any part of a building not comprised in a flat for the provision of a service in relation to water, sewerage, drainage, gas, electricity, garbage or conditioned air, or other services relating to telephone, radio, television or any other means of telecommunication, that are reasonably necessary for or connected with the enjoyment of any flat comprised in the building; or

any other items of upgrading works approved by the Minister, being works to be carried out within a building or any part of a building not comprised in a flat, to —

facilitate the access to, and use of, the building and its facilities by persons with physical disabilities; or

improve the fire safety or other safety features of the building or such other performance requirements for buildings as may be prescribed by any other written law,but does not include any specified upgrading works;“general upgrading works” means any upgrading works to be carried out in a precinct other than specified upgrading works, special upgrading works and flat upgrading works;“improvement contribution” means the costs in respect of general upgrading works, specified upgrading works, special upgrading works or flat upgrading works that are recoverable by the Board from the owner of a flat or a Town Council under section 78(2) or (3), as the case may be;“precinct” means a precinct declared by the Minister under section 76;“residential flat” means a flat which is permitted to be used pursuant to the Planning Act 1998 or any other written law wholly for the purpose of human habitation, and “non‑residential flat” means any flat other than a residential flat;“special upgrading works” means —

any items of work necessary or ancillary to installing any lift or additional lift within or in relation to any building or part of a building; or

any other items of upgrading works prescribed by the Minister, being works to be carried out within or in relation to any building or part of a building (other than any part comprised in a flat) within a precinct for the erection, construction or installation of functional facilities for the convenience of residents of that building in general or a section of those residents;“specified upgrading works” means any items of upgrading works specified by the Board to be carried out in a building or part of a building within a precinct as a result of which the floor area of a flat in the building will be increased, but does not include any special upgrading works and flat upgrading works;“Town Council” means a Town Council established under the Town Councils Act 1988;“transfer” means a conveyance, sale, purchase, assignment, legal or equitable mortgage, charge, surrender or disposal in any manner of any estate or interest in a flat and includes a discharge of a mortgage, a reconveyance or the devolution of the rights of a deceased owner of a flat to another person;“upgrading works” includes any building operations, repair, demolition or installation works carried out for the purposes of improving or upgrading any flat, building or land and any addition to, or alteration in, landlord’s fixtures and fittings;“value”, in relation to a prescribed owner of any flat, means the value determined in the prescribed manner for that owner in respect of the owner’s vote.[65A