27. In this Law, unless the context otherwise requires-" common amenities " means privately-owned or privately-provided amenities enjoyed in common by the owners or occupants of two or more residential units or non-residential units and includes the following privately-owned or privately-provided services and facilities:- water, sewerage, drainage, gas, electricity, garbage disposal, air conditioning, telephone and radio, services, and roads, accesses, lawns, gardens, parks, playgrounds and other open spaces; "common elements " means so much of the property appurtenant to the relevant units as is not comprised in any unit and includes-
| (1) the land on which the building comprising the units is located, including roads and accesses, drains and ditches, lanes, gardens, parks, playgrounds and other open spaces; |
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| (2) the foundations, columns, girders, beams, supports, main walls and roofs; |
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| (3) the halls, corridors, lobbies, stairs, stairways, fire escapes and entrances and exits of the building; |
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| (4) the basements, yards, gardens, parking areas, and storage spaces; |
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| (5) the premises for the lodging of persons in charge of the units including caretakers and watchers; |
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| (6) installations for central services such as electricity, telephone, radio, rediffusion, air conditioning, garbage disposal and incineration; |
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| (7) the lifts, escalators, tanks, pumps, motors, fans, compressors, ducts, and, in general, all apparatus and installations existing for common use; |
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| (8) such community and commercial amenities as may be provided; and |
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| (9) all other parts and facilities of the units necessary or convenient to their existence, maintenance and safety or normally in common use; |
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" Condominium Property " means property comprising land with a building or buildings of more than one storey and having more than one independent unit of residential or non-residential accommodation; " housing scheme " means any group of houses so constructed as to be provided with one or more common amenities and certified as a housing scheme by the Commissioner for National Housing; " local authority " means a Municipal Council, Urban Council, Town Council or Village Council; " prescribed " means prescribed by regulation made under this Law; " public corporation " means any corporation, board or other body which was or is established by or under any written law, other than the Companies Ordinance, with capital wholly or partly provided by the Government by way of grant, loan or other form; " residential units " means such residential units as are comprised in a Condominium Property or in a tenement or in a housing scheme; " tenement " means a building consisting of two or more separate dwelling houses, each house having any of the following in common, namely, latrines, bathing places, kitchens or verandahs; " unit " means a permanently enclosed space designed for independent use consisting of one or more rooms (other than any room or rooms designed for occupation and use by licensees) provided that such enclosed space has a direct exit to a road or a common area leading to a road, and access cannot be had through it to any other enclosed space of like description, together with such accessory units outside it as may appertain to it for exclusive use by the occupier of the unit such as garage space, storage space, toilets, servants' quarters, balcony or terrace. |
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