Cap. 623 Art. 2Interpretation. 

In this Act, unless the contents otherwise requires:

"Authority" means the Building and Construction Authority;

"Board" means the Building and Construction Authority Board established under Part II;

*See L.N. 167 of 2021. †See Legal Notice 201 of 2021. ‡See Legal Notice 411 of 2021. "building" means any structure resultant from a construction process;

"building services works" means the installation, maintenance, repair or removal of mechanical, electrical, gas, compressed air, hydraulic, telecommunications, computer or similar services which are normally fixed within or to a building including any necessary contingent measures to carry out such works;

"Chief Executive Officer" means the Chief Executive Office of the Authority appointed under article 14;

"client" means the person in whose name the works are being undertaken;

"Code" means the National Building and Construction Code which shall set out the minimum standards for buildings and works;

"competent person" means a person who shall have experience and, or training and, or qualifications set out in regulations made under this Act;

"construction" means any act or engineering operation necessary for, or related to site improvement, fabrication, extension, alteration, repair of a building or structure and "constructed" shall be construed accordingly;

"contractor" means the person engaged by the client who has the experience and, or training and, or qualifications set out in regulations made under this Act; and the term "contractor" shall, for the purpose of this Act, also include sub-contractors;

"contractor’s equipment" means all apparatus, machinery, vehicles and other things of the contractor required for the execution and completion of the works and the remedying of any defects;

"Council" means the Building and Construction Consultative Council established by article 49;

"decision" includes an order, ruling or other decision irrespective of how it is referred to;

"demolition" means the pulling down or removal of structural elements and other non-structural building components including any necessary contingent measures to carry out such works;

"design" includes the preparation of plans, particulars, drawings, specifications, calculations and other expressions of purpose by a competent person according to which the permanent works are to be executed, but shall not include matters relating to development planning, urban design and aesthetics;

"enforcement notice" has the meaning assigned to it under Part VI;

"excavation" means the cutting or removal of natural material or human placed material on land or at sea, including any necessary contingent measures to carry out such works;

"finishing works" includes any works fixed within or to a building to make it fit for its intended use including any necessary contingent measures to carry out such works, but excludes demolition, excavation, construction and building services;

"functions" includes powers and duties;

"Minister" means the Minister responsible for the construction industry;

"operative date" means the day on which an instrument takes legal effect;

"permanent works" means all works to be executed by the contractor intended to form a continuing function after the completion of the works;

"prescribed" means prescribed by regulations made by the Minister under this Act;

"site" means the place where the works are to be executed and to where the equipment and/or materials and/or workers are to be delivered;

"temporary works" means all temporary works of every kind required on site for the execution and completion of the permanent works and the remedying of any defects;

"Tribunal" means the Building and Construction Tribunal established under Part VIII;

"works" means the permanent works and the temporary works, or either of them as appropriate, and include excavation, demolition, construction, building services works and finishing works.