(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
access lot means a separate allotment that was created or currently exists to provide access to or from a unit title development (whether alone or together with other allotments outside the unit title development) and an existing road
accessory unit means a unit that is designed for use with any principal unit (including, without limitation, a garden, garage, car parking space, storage space, swimming pool, laundry, stairway, or passage) and that is shown on a unit plan as an accessory unit
administrator means an administrator appointed under section 141
agreement for sale and purchase has the meaning given to it in section 144
appropriate decision-maker means the Tribunal or the court that, if the matter were a dispute under subpart 1 of Part 4, would have jurisdiction over that dispute in accordance with that subpart
associate of the original owner means a person—
(b) who is the original owner's agent, trustee, or representative, or acts in any way on behalf of the original owner; or
base land—
(b) includes an access lot, or share in an access lot, to which section 55 applies and any other land, or share in land, added to the common property under section 58 from time to time; and
body corporate means a body corporate of a unit title development created under section 75 on the deposit of a unit plan
body corporate committee means a committee established by a body corporate under section 112
body corporate operational rules, in relation to a particular body corporate, means the rules prescribed under section 217(i) as altered under section 105(1) on the deposit of the unit plan or amended from time to time by the body corporate under section 105(2)
building elements includes the external and internal components of any part of a building or land on a unit plan that are necessary to the structural integrity of the building, the exterior aesthetics of the building, or the health and safety of persons who occupy or use the building and including, without limitation, the roof, balconies, decks, cladding systems, foundations systems (including all horizontal slab structures between adjoining units or underneath the lowest level of the building), retaining walls, and any other walls or other features for the support of the building
car park means a space for parking a single motor vehicle
chairperson means the person appointed as chairperson of the body corporate in accordance with the regulations
chief executive means the chief executive of the department
common property means—
(b) in the case of a subsidiary unit title development, means that part of the principal unit subdivided to create the subsidiary unit title development that is not contained in a principal unit, accessory unit, or future development unit
computer register has the meaning given to it by section 4 of the Land Transfer (Computer Registers and Electronic Lodgement) Amendment Act 2002; and includes a certificate of title
control period has the meaning given to it in section 6
covenant means a positive covenant or a restrictive covenant within the meaning of section 4 of the Property Law Act 2007
department, in relation to a Part or subpart of this Act, means the department of State that, with the authority of the Prime Minister, is responsible for the administration of that Part or subpart
financial statements means the statement of financial position for the body corporate as at the end of the financial year, which must include an income and expenditure statement for the relevant period
financial year means a period of 12 months ending on the date that is 12 months from the date the body corporate is established or any other 12-month period the body corporate may from time to time determine at its annual general meeting for the financial statements of the body corporate that are laid before it
funds means the operating account, the long-term maintenance fund, the optional contingency fund, and the optional capital improvement fund required by subpart 13 of Part 2
future development unit, in relation to a subdivision of land or a principal unit into units in stages, means a unit that is proposed to be developed or subdivided into 1 or more principal units (with or without accessory units or common property) at a later stage of the development, and that is shown on a stage unit plan as a future development unit
head body corporate means the body corporate of a head unit title development
head unit title development—
infrastructure includes pipes, wires, ducts, conduits, gutters, watercourses, cables, channels, flues, conducting, or transmission equipment necessary for the provision of water, sewerage, drainage, stormwater removal, gas, electricity, oil, shelter, protection from fire, security, rubbish collection, air, telephone connection, Internet access, radio reception, television reception, or any other services or utilities to or from a unit or to or from the common property
layered unit title development has the meaning given to it in section 19(1)
long-term financial and maintenance planning regime, in relation to a body corporate, means the body corporate’s funds and the body corporate’s long-term maintenance plan
long-term maintenance plan, in relation to a body corporate, means the body corporate’s plan as required to be established and maintained by section 116
ordinary resolution means a resolution passed in accordance with section 97(4)
original owner means the person who is entitled to exercise 100% of the votes of the body corporate for a unit title development when the plan for the unit title development is deposited
owner, in relation to any unit,—
(b) in sections 105, 124, 126, 127, and 163, includes a person in actual occupation of a unit under a binding and unconditional agreement for sale and purchase
ownership interest and proposed ownership interest means the interest assigned to a unit in accordance with section 38
parent body corporate means the body corporate of a parent unit title development
parent unit title development, in relation to a particular subsidiary unit title development, means the unit title development that contains the principal unit that was subdivided to create the subsidiary unit title development
principal unit has the meaning given to it in section 7
proceedings means proceedings relating to a unit title dispute
proposed accessory unit means a unit that is marked as an accessory unit in a future development unit on a stage unit plan
proposed ownership interest means the interest assigned to a proposed principal unit or proposed accessory unit in accordance with section 38
proposed principal unit is a unit that is marked as a principal unit in a future development unit on a stage unit plan
proposed unit development plan means the plan described in section 25(1)
redevelopment has the meaning given to it in section 8
registered valuer means a registered valuer within the meaning of the Valuers Act 1948
Registrar, in relation to any land, means the Registrar-General of Land as defined in the Land Transfer Act 1952
regulations means regulations in force under this Act
service contract means a contract between a body corporate and another person (the service contractor) engaging the service contractor (other than as an employee of the body corporate) for a term of at least 1 year to supply services to the body corporate or to the unit owners
settlement date has the meaning given to it in section 144
special resolution means a resolution passed in accordance with section 98(4)
stand-alone unit means that no part of any building in the unit is attached in any way to any building in any other unit or to any building in the common property
standard unit title development means a unit title development that is not part of a layered unit title development (illustrated in example 1 in Schedule 1)
stratum estate means a stratum estate within the meaning of sections 18 and 22
subsidiary body corporate means the body corporate of a subsidiary unit title development
subsidiary unit title development means a unit title development that is created by a subdivision of a principal unit in another unit title development
supplementary record sheet, in relation to any unit plan and body corporate, means the supplementary record sheet created by the Registrar under section 47 in relation to that unit plan and body corporate
unit, in relation to any land, means a part of the land consisting of a space of any shape situated below, on, or above the surface of the land, or partly in one such situation and partly in another or others, all the dimensions of which are limited, and that is designed for separate ownership
unit plan means a plan that has been or is intended to be deposited under the Land Transfer Act 1952 in accordance with this Act, and includes—
unit title development means the individual units and the common property comprising a stratum estate
utility interest means the interest assigned to a unit under sections 39 and 40.