22AA. Duty to retrofit fixed installation

Terms defined in this Act

• applicable date

  applicable date

  Defined · s 22A

  “applicable date” means —(a)in relation to an exterior feature — the date prescribed under section 22C to be the applicable date for the class of exterior features to which that exterior feature belongs; and(b)in relation to a fixed installation — the date prescribed under section 22C for the class of fixed installations to which that fixed installation belongs;

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• fixed installation

  fixed installation

  Defined · s 2

  “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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• fixed installation owner

  fixed installation owner

  Defined · s 2

  “fixed installation owner”, for a fixed installation, means —(a)where the fixed installation is part of any common property of a housing estate of the Housing and Development Board —(i)the Town Council established under the Town Councils Act 1988 with the duty to maintain that common property in that housing estate; or(ii)where there is no such Town Council — the Board;(b)where the fixed installation is part of any common property or limited common property comprised in a strata title plan — the management corporation or subsidiary management corporation having control of the common property or limited common property (as the case may be) or the person receiving any rent or charge for the maintenance and management of that common property or limited common property, as the case may be;(c)where the fixed installation is part of any common property not comprised in a strata title plan and is not described in paragraph (a) or (c) — the person whose name is entered in the Valuation List prepared under section 10 of the Property Tax Act 1960 as the owner of the common property or a mortgagee in possession;(d)where the fixed installation is comprised in a lot of a subdivided building (whether or not in a strata title plan) and is not part of any common property — any person who is the registered proprietor or registered subsidiary proprietor (as the case may be) in the land-register under the Land Titles Act 1993 of the fee simple, estate in perpetuity or leasehold estate of that lot;(e)where the fixed installation is not in a subdivided building and is not part of any common property but is installed or operated in, or in connection with, a building — the owner of that building; or(f)in any other case — a person with a legal or beneficial interest in the fixed installation and who is prescribed in building regulations for that fixed installation or class of fixed installations to which that installation belongs,but excludes a supplier (or an agent of a supplier) of a fixed installation who, by reason only of a contract for the sale or installation of the fixed installation, retains the ownership of the fixed installation pending any payment of the price or other consideration for that sale or installation;

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• grace period

  grace period

  Defined · s 22A

  “grace period” means —(a)in relation to an exterior feature — the grace period prescribed under section 22C for the class of exterior features to which that exterior feature belongs, being a period starting on the applicable date for that exterior feature; and(b)in relation to a fixed installation — the grace period prescribed under section 22C for the class of fixed installations to which that fixed installation belongs, being a period starting on the applicable date for that fixed installation;

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• prescribed

  prescribed

  Defined · s 29A

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

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• prescribed age

  prescribed age

  Defined · s 22A

  “prescribed age” means —(a)in relation to an exterior feature — the age prescribed under section 22C to be the prescribed age for a class of exterior features to which the exterior feature belongs; and(b)in relation to a fixed installation — the age prescribed under section 22C to be the prescribed age for a class of fixed installations to which the fixed installation belongs.

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