Clause 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 competent authority 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 same meaning as is assigned to it in the Building Control Act, 1973 (Act 59 of 1973);“commercial property” means a horizontal stratum of any building or part thereof, whether such 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 (Cap. 250);“land” includes land of any tenure, any building or part thereof, so much of the air-space above the surface as may be reasonably used or enjoyed by any proprietor, and all substances under the surface, 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 (Cap. 276);“registered land” has the same meaning as is assigned to it in the Land Titles (Strata) Act (Cap. 277);“strata subdivision” has the same meaning as is assigned to it in the Land Titles (Strata) Act;“strata subdivision plan” means a plan of registered land showing strata subdivision of any building into two or more lots and contains the particulars prescribed by section 9 of the Land Titles (Strata) Act;“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.