Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2022)

2.   Interpretation

1.  

   (1)   In this Act—

“agricultural land” does not include the garden of a house or building, or land within the curtilage of a house or building;

“Board” means a Rent Assessment Board constituted under section 4;

“building land” means land leased to a lessee for the purpose of the erection thereon by the lessee of a building used, or to be used, as a dwelling or for the public service, or land on which the lessee has lawfully erected such a building, but does not include any such land when leased with agricultural land;

“Corporation” means the Saint Lucia Housing Corporation as established under section 3 of the Saint Lucia National Housing Corporation Act;

“dwelling house” means a building, a part of a building separately leased, or a room separately leased, which at the material date was or is used mainly as a dwelling, or place of residence and includes land occupied with the premises under the lease, but does not include a building, part of a building, or room when leased with agricultural land;

“furniture” includes fittings, machinery and other articles used in premises but not forming part of them;

“inspect” includes re-inspect;

“Inspector” means an Inspector appointed under section 6;

“lease” includes sublease;

“lessee” includes a sub-lessee and any person deriving title from the original lessee or sublessee, as the case may be;

“lessor” includes any person deriving title under the original lessor and any person who is, or would but for the provisions of this Act, be entitled to the possession of the premises;

“Minister” means the Minister responsible for housing;

“prescribed date” means 1 January 1958;

“register” means the register kept by the Corporation under section 9;

“standard rent” in relation to premises let at the commencement of this Act, or hereafter let means the standard rent of such premises ascertained in accordance with this Act..

(Amended by Acts 25 of 1972 and 17 of 1989)