Buildings.
[CAP. 123
object of supporting a street or forming a site for a [s. 2 cont.]
building; "latrine" includes privy, pail latrine, water closet and
urinal;
"latrine accommodation" includes a receptacle for human excreta, together with the structure comprising such receptacle and the fittings and the apparatus connected therewith;
"main wall" means either an external or a party wall; "new building" includes any building begun after the 21st
day of February, 1903; and any then existing building thereafter altered to such an extent as to necessitate the reconstruction of the whole of any two of its main walls or the removal of the roof and the reconstruction of at least one half of each of any two of its main walls, whether at the same time or by instalments at different times; and any existing building raised to such an extent that its total height exceeds one and a half times the original height of the building. It also includes the conversion into a domestic building of any building not originally constructed for human habitation, and the conversion into more than one domestic building of a building originally constructed as one domestic building only and any existing building altered in such a manner as to form an additional storey, or the conversion into premises, for separate occupation by different tenants, of any building originally constructed for one tenancy;
"occupier" means any person in actual occupation of any
premises;
"owner" includes any person holding premises direct from
the Crown, whether under lease, licence or otherwise and also any person for the time being receiving the rent of any premises, solely or as joint tenant, or tenant in common with others, or receiving the rent of any premises whether on his own behalf or that of any other person; and, where such owner as above defined cannot be found or ascertained or is absent from the Colony or is under disability, the agent of such owner; and there is no such agent, the occupier; and for the purposes of this Ordinance, every mortgagee in possession shall be deemed an owner;
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Buildings.
[САР. 123
object of supporting a street or forming a site for a [s. 2 cont.]
building; "latrine" includes privy, pail latrine, water closet and
urinal;
"latrine accommodation" includes a receptacle for human excreta, together with the structure comprising such receptacle and the fittings and the apparatus connected therewith;
"main wall" means either an external or a party wall; "new building" includes any building begun after the 21st
day of February, 1903; and any then existing building thereafter altered to such an extent as to necessitate the reconstruction of the whole of any two of its main walls or the removal of the roof and the reconstruction of at least one half of each of any two of its main walls, whether at the same time or by instalments at different times; and any existing building raised to such an extent that its total height exceeds one and a half times the original height of the building. It also includes the conversion into a domestic building of any building not originally constructed for human habitation, and the conversion into more than one domestic building of a building originally constructed as one domestic building only and any existing building altered in such a manner as to form an additional storey, or the conversion into premises, for separate occupation by different tenants, of any building originally constructed for one tenancy;
"occupier' means any person in actual occupation of any
premises;
"owner" includes any person holding premises direct from
the Crown, whether under lease, licence or otherwise and also any person for the time being receiving the rent of any premises, solely or as joint tenant, or tenant in common with others, or receiving the rent of any premises whether on his own behalf or that of any other person; and, where such owner as above defined cannot be found or ascertained or is absent from the Colony or is under disability, the agent of such owner; and there is no such agent, the occupier; and for the purposes of this Ordinance, every mortgagee in possession shall be deemed an owner;
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