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Section 2Part 1 — Introductory

Definitions

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In this Law —
"administrator" means an administrator appointed under section 9(2);
"building" means the building or buildings shown in a strata plan;
"charge" includes "mortgage";
"common property" means, in relation to any strata plan, so much of the land to which such plan relates as is for the time being not included in any strata lot contained in such plan;
"corporation" means, in relation to any registered strata plan, a body incorporated by section 5;
"court" means the Grand Court;
"executive committee" means the executive committee of a corporation constituted under Schedule 1;
"parcel" includes land subdivided in accordance with a strata plan registered pursuant to section 10;
"proprietor" means the proprietor for the time being of a strata lot;
"Registrar" and "registration" have the meanings ascribed to them in the Registered Land Law (2004 Revision);
"special resolution" means —
in the case of a strata located wholly or partly in a Beach Resort/Residential zone, Commercial zone, Hotel Tourism zone or Industrial zone, a resolution passed at a duly convened meeting of its corporation by —
not less than two-thirds of the votes cast at the meeting; and
the total of the unit entitlements for the strata lots for which votes are counted for the resolution is not less than two-thirds of the total of the unit entitlements for all strata lots included in the strata; and
in the case of a strata not located in the zones specified in paragraph (a), a resolution passed at a duly convened meeting of its corporation by —
not less than three-quarters of the votes cast at the meeting; and
the total of the unit entitlements for the strata lots for which votes are counted for the resolution is not less than three-quarters of the total of the unit entitlements for all strata lots included in the strata;
"strata" has reference to titles to the ownership of not less than four self contained units for residential or business purposes (which latter expression includes office accommodation, shops and warehouses but, subject to section 3 (6) and (7), excludes any part of a hotel), those units being units —
which are either —
detached buildings, divisions or subdivisions of one or more buildings; or
divisions or subdivisions of a parcel (including any building, subject to section 3 (6) and (7), other than a hotel, thereon); and
which may be divided horizontally or vertically from, and may have a common roof and common foundations with one or more other such units, and may share the use of service buildings and other facilities in common, the units being located on a single parcel of land and under the management of a corporation established under this Law.
"strata lot" means a horizontal or vertical subdivision of a parcel which is shown on a registered plan as a strata lot;
"strata plan" means a plan of the type referred to in section 4;
"super-majority resolution" means —
in the case of a strata located wholly or partly in a Beach Resort/Residential zone, Commercial zone, Hotel Tourism zone or Industrial zone, a resolution passed at a duly convened meeting of its corporation by —
not less than three-quarters of the votes cast at the meeting; and
the total of the unit entitlements for the strata lots for which votes are counted for the resolution is not less than three-quarters of the total of the unit entitlements for all strata lots included in the strata;
in the case of a strata not located in the zones specified in paragraph (a), a resolution passed at a duly convened meeting of its corporation by —
not less than nine-tenths of the votes cast at the meeting; and
the total of the unit entitlements for the strata lots for which votes are counted for the resolution is not less than nine-tenths of the total of the unit entitlements for all strata lots included in the strata; and
"unit entitlement" means, in relation to any strata lot, the number specified in accordance with paragraph (d) of section 4(1).
For the purposes of this Law, the expressions "Beach Resort/ Residential zone", "Commercial zone", "Hotel/Tourism zone" and "Industrial zone" have the same meanings, respectively, as in the Development and Planning Regulations (2013 Revision).

Defined Terms

administratorbuildingchargecommon propertycorporationcourtexecutive committeeparcelproprietorRegistrarregistrationspecial resolutionstratastrata lotstrata plansuper-majority resolutionunit entitlement

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