Housing and Development Act 1959 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 4B · Design-Build-And-Sell Scheme
87. Interpretation of this Part
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In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires —“approved developer” means a developer appointed by the Minister under section 88;“common property” means so much of the land developed under this Part, and all parts of any building built under this Part, as are not comprised in any housing accommodation;“develop” means to construct or cause to be constructed any housing accommodation, common property or commercial property, including any building operations in, on, over or under any land for the purpose of erecting any housing accommodation, common property or commercial property;“housing accommodation” 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, which is wholly constructed, adapted or intended for human habitation or residential use;“purchaser”, in relation to any housing accommodation built or sold under this Part, includes a person who has purchased a leasehold interest in the housing accommodation;“relevant date”, in relation to any housing accommodation built by an approved developer under this Part, means the date a temporary occupation permit or certificate of statutory completion is issued by the Commissioner of Building Control under the Building Control Act 1989 in respect of that housing accommodation, whichever date is the earlier.[65M
common property
“common property” means so much of the developed land and all parts of the building as are not comprised in the flats in a building;
“approved developer” means a developer appointed by the Minister under section 88;
“common property” means so much of the land developed under this Part, and all parts of any building built under this Part, as are not comprised in any housing accommodation;
building
“building” includes any house, flat, hut, shed, roofed enclosure or other accommodation, whether used for the purpose of human habitation or otherwise, and also any wall, fence, platform, staging gate, post, pillar, paling, frame hoarding, slip, dock, wharf, pier, jetty, landing-stage or bridge, or any structure or foundation connected to the foregoing;
“develop” means to construct or cause to be constructed any housing accommodation, common property or commercial property, including any building operations in, on, over or under any land for the purpose of erecting any housing accommodation, common property or commercial property;
commercial property
“commercial property” means any flat, house or building or any part thereof which is permitted to be used pursuant to the Planning Act 1998 or any other written law for the purpose of carrying on any business or which is lawfully so used;
“housing accommodation” 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, which is wholly constructed, adapted or intended for human habitation or residential use;
“purchaser”, in relation to any housing accommodation built or sold under this Part, includes a person who has purchased a leasehold interest in the housing accommodation;
“relevant date”, in relation to any housing accommodation built by an approved developer under this Part, means the date a temporary occupation permit or certificate of statutory completion is issued by the Commissioner of Building Control under the Building Control Act 1989 in respect of that housing accommodation, whichever date is the earlier.[65M