22A. Application and interpretation of this Part

Terms defined in this Act

• building

  building

  Defined · s 2

  “building” means any permanent or temporary building or structure and includes —(a)a hut, shed or roofed enclosure;(b)an earth retaining or stabilising structure, whether permanent or temporary;(c)a dock, wharf or jetty;(ca)a floating structure, not being a boat or vessel, constructed or to be constructed on a flotation system that —(i)is or is to be supported by water;(ii)is not intended for or useable in navigation; and(iii)is or is to be permanently moored;(d)a culvert, crossing, bridge, underpass or tunnel;(da)a fixed installation;(e)a sewage treatment plant, sewer, drain, swimming pool or any non‑proprietary type of concrete tank for the storage of any solid, liquid or gaseous product;(f)a shelter provided under the Civil Defence Shelter Act 1997; and(g)such other erection or structure (whether permanent or temporary) as the Minister may, by order in the Gazette, declare to be a building;

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• building regulations

  building regulations

  Defined · s 2

  “building regulations” means any regulations made under section 49;

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• Commissioner of Building Control

  Commissioner of Building Control

  Defined · s 2

  “Commissioner of Building Control”, in relation to this Act or any Part or provision of this Act, means any Commissioner of Building Control appointed under section 3(1) to be responsible for the operation of this Act or that Part or provision, as the case may be;

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• common property

  common property

  Defined · s 2

  “common property” has the meaning given by —(a)the Town Councils Act 1988 where the common property is comprised in a housing estate of the Housing and Development Board; or(b)the Building (Strata Management) Act 2004 in any other case;

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• exterior feature

  exterior feature

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  “exterior feature”, in relation to any building, means any permanent feature of a building that —(a)is installed on, forms part of or projects outwards from the roof or exterior of the building; and(b)is prescribed by building regulations;

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• fixed installation

  fixed installation

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  “fixed installation” means any of the following machine-powered installations:(a)an escalator;(b)a lift;(c)a mechanised car parking system,and includes any supporting structure, machinery, equipment, apparatus and enclosure used or designed for use for operating a fixed installation;

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• Housing and Development Board

  Housing and Development Board

  Defined · s 2

  “Housing and Development Board” means the Housing and Development Board established under section 3 of the Housing and Development Act 1959;

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• person responsible

  person responsible

  Defined · s 2

  “person responsible”, in relation to an exterior feature of a building, means —(a)the owner of the premises or building which the exterior feature is installed on, forms part of or projects outwards from, or a person who has charge and control of the management and maintenance of the exterior feature, unless otherwise provided by paragraph (b), (c) or (d);(b)subject to paragraph (c), where the exterior feature is part of any common property or limited common property —(i)in the case of common property of any housing estate of the Housing and Development Board — the Town Council established under the Town Councils Act 1988 for that housing estate or the contractor (if any) engaged by the Town Council and who has charge and control of the management and maintenance of the common property; or(ii)in the case of common property or limited common property of any other land (whether or not comprised in a strata title plan) — the owner of the common property or limited common property (as the case may be) or the managing agent (if any) appointed by the owner and who has charge and control of the management and maintenance of the common property or limited common property, unless otherwise provided by paragraph (d);(c)where the exterior feature is a window, grille or shutter that is part of a flat — the owner of that flat or other person who ordinarily has daily charge and control over the maintenance and use of such window, grille or shutter; or(d)any other person that may be prescribed under section 22C as the person responsible for the exterior feature;

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• prescribed

  prescribed

  Defined · s 29A

  “prescribed” means prescribed in the regulations made under section 29L.

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• strata title plan

  strata title plan

  Defined · s 2

  “strata title plan” has the meaning given by the Land Titles (Strata) Act 1967;

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