The Code indicates the circumstances in which the manager would be bound to follow the owners' views. Contract means any agreement enforceable by law. Contractor means a person or company engaged by the manager to undertake repairs, maintenance or any other specific function to maintain the fabric of the development, or provide personal services to owners. These conditions may confer rights on the manager to take decisions on such matters as the services to be provided to owners in relation to the fabric of the dwelling, and the charges to be made for those services. The conditions of title of the dwelling and the common areas of the development will usually be contained within one deed but all references in the Code to a Deed of Conditions includes references to conditions of title generally.
Developer means the company that has constructed the sheltered dwelling.
Development means a number of dwellings managed as a group, sometimes with a warden's flat, public rooms, grounds and other common parts associated with them. Developments may also have office accommodation, guestrooms and other facilities. Dwelling is a self-contained house or flat, as distinct from any communal facilities attached to a group of dwellings. Emergency repairs mean the undertaking of work by a contractor within an owner's dwelling or within communal areas within a development. This work is to prevent immediate damage to the fabric of the building, remove the potential for immediate damage, danger, or to allow for reinstatement of interrupted services, for example lifts, gas and electricity supplies.