Town Councils Act 1988 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 4A · Lift Upgrading Works
29. Interpretation of this Part
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In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires —“improvement contribution” means the costs in respect of lift upgrading works recoverable by a Town Council from the owner of a flat or a Town Council under section 32;“lift upgrading works” means any building operations, demolition or installation works necessary or ancillary to installing any lift or additional lift in a building or part thereof;“precinct” means any housing estate of the Board or any part thereof within a Town that the Minister declares under section 30 to be a precinct for the purposes of this Part;“transfer” means a conveyance, sale, purchase, assignment, legal or equitable mortgage, charge, surrender or disposal in any manner of any estate or interest in a flat and includes a discharge of a mortgage, a reconveyance or the devolution of the rights of a deceased owner of a flat to another person;“voting value” means the prescribed value of the vote of an owner of a flat at any poll under this Part.[24A
Town Council
“Town Council”, in relation to a Town, means the Town Council established under section 4 for that Town;
“improvement contribution” means the costs in respect of lift upgrading works recoverable by a Town Council from the owner of a flat or a Town Council under section 32;
owner
“owner”, in relation to any property sold by the Board, includes a person who has purchased a leasehold interest in the property and a purchaser under an agreement for a lease;
“lift upgrading works” means any building operations, demolition or installation works necessary or ancillary to installing any lift or additional lift in a building or part thereof;
“precinct” means any housing estate of the Board or any part thereof within a Town that the Minister declares under section 30 to be a precinct for the purposes of this Part;
housing estate
“housing estate” means any housing estate built on any land vested in or held in trust for the Board;
“transfer” means a conveyance, sale, purchase, assignment, legal or equitable mortgage, charge, surrender or disposal in any manner of any estate or interest in a flat and includes a discharge of a mortgage, a reconveyance or the devolution of the rights of a deceased owner of a flat to another person;
flat
“flat” 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 used or intended to be used as a complete and separate unit for the purpose of human habitation or business;
“voting value” means the prescribed value of the vote of an owner of a flat at any poll under this Part.[24A