Local Government (Charges) Act 2009

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Interpretation.

1.— In this Act—

“ Act of 1992 ” means the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1992 ;

“ Act of 1997 ” means the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 ;

“ Act of 2001 ” means the Local Government Act 2001 ;

“ building ” includes—

(a) part of a building, and

(b) a structure or erection of any kind and of any materials, or any part of that structure or erection,

but does not include a vehicle or a mobile home;

“ charge ” has the meaning assigned to it by section 3 (1) and (2);

“ city council ” has the meaning assigned to it by the Act of 2001;

“ county council ” has the meaning assigned to it by the Act of 2001;

“ dwelling ” includes a building used, or suitable for use, by an individual as a separate dwelling, whether or not he or she shares or would be entitled to share with any other individual any accommodation, amenity or facility in the building or, as the case may be, the premises of which the building forms part;

“ housing authority ” has the same meaning as it has in the Act of 1992;

“ liability date ” has the meaning assigned to it by section 3 (1) and (2);

“ local authority ” means a county council or a city council;

“ Minister ” means the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government;

“ owner ” means, in relation to a residential property, a person (other than a mortgagee not in possession) who, whether in that person’s own right or as trustee or agent for any other person, is entitled to receive the rent of the property or, where the property is not let, would be so entitled if it were so let;

“ prescribed ” means prescribed by regulations made by the Minister;

“ relevant local authority ” means—

(a) in relation to a residential property situated in a city, that city council, or

(b) in all other cases, the county council for the county in which a residential property is situated.