21. Duties of owners and other occupiers of flats
Feedback & supportAn owner or a mortgagee in possession (whether by himself or any other person), lessee or occupier of a flat shall not —
owner
“owner”, in relation to a flat, means the owner for the time being of that flat having a leasehold estate in the flat created by a lease registered under the Land Titles Act and having an unexpired term of not less than 21 years computed from the date of lodgment of the lease with the Registrar (whether such lease has been created before, on or after the commencement of this Act);
do anything or permit anything to be done in relation to that flat so that —
flat
“flat” means a unit in any of the housing estates built on any of the parcels of land which are more particularly described in the First Schedule being a unit which is used as a separate dwelling or for commercial purposes;
any support or shelter provided by that flat for another flat or common property is interfered with; or
common property
“common property”, in relation to the subdivided buildings in a housing estate, means so much of the land leased by the Board to all the owners of the flats in the housing estate as tenants-in-common not being comprised in any flat in the estate leased by the Board to any person and includes —(a)the foundations, columns, beams, supports, walls, roofs, lobbies, corridors, stairs, stairways, fire escapes, entrances and exits of the buildings;(b)the roof and storage spaces;(c)the central and appurtenant installations for services such as power, light, gas and water;(d)escalators, lifts, water-tanks, pumps, motors, fans, compressors, ducts and all other apparatus and installations existing for common use;(e)all the common facilities in the housing estate built for the use or enjoyment of the residents of the estate;(f)car parks, recreational facilities, gardens and parking areas;(g)directional signs and sign boards, guard-house and facilities for security guards; and(h)all other parts of the land intended for the use or enjoyment of all the residents of the housing estate;
the passage or provision of water, sewerage, drainage, gas, electricity, garbage, artificially heated or cooled air, heating oil and other services (including telephone, radio and television services) through or by means of any pipes, wires, cables or ducts for the time being in the flat is interfered with;
use or enjoy that flat, or permit that flat to be used or enjoyed, in such a manner or for such a purpose as to cause a nuisance or hazard to the occupier of any other flat (whether that person is an owner or not); or
use or enjoy the common property in such a manner or for such a purpose as to interfere unreasonably with the use or enjoyment of the common property by the occupier of any other flat (whether that person is an owner or not) or by any other person entitled to the use and enjoyment of the common property.