Section 2

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires —“building” includes any completed building, or any building partially completed or to be erected, and intended for any strata subdivision as shown in a development plan approved by the relevant competent authority under the Planning Act 1998 or is comprised in one or more lots as shown in a strata title plan lodged with the Registrar of Titles;“Building Authority” has the meaning given by the Building Control Act 1989;“commercial property” means a horizontal stratum of any building or part thereof, whether the stratum is on one or more levels or is partially or wholly below the surface of the ground, and is intended for use in accordance with the provisions of any written law as a complete and separate unit for any purpose other than a residential purpose;“Controller” means the Controller of Housing appointed under section 3 of the Housing Developers (Control and Licensing) Act 1965;“land” includes land of any tenure, any building or part thereof, so much of the airspace above the surface as may be reasonably used or enjoyed by any proprietor, and so much of the subterranean space below the surface as is reasonably necessary for the use and enjoyment of the land, whether or not held apart from the surface, and any estate or interest therein;“lot” means a stratum which is shown as a lot on a strata title plan;“Registrar of Titles” means the Registrar of Titles appointed under the Land Titles Act 1993;“registered land” has the meaning given by the Land Titles (Strata) Act 1967;“strata subdivision” has the meaning given by the Land Titles (Strata) Act 1967;“strata title plan” means a plan of registered land showing strata subdivision of any building into 2 or more lots and contains the particulars prescribed by section 10 of the Land Titles (Strata) Act 1967;“stratum” means any part of land consisting of a space of any shape below, on or above the surface of the land, or partly below and partly above the surface of the land, the dimensions of which are delineated.