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StatuteProperty Law Act 2007

Section 321 — Property Law Act 2007: Interpretation

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321 Interpretation In this subpart,— land — (a) means any piece or area of land; and (b) includes the airspace over that land; and (c) in the case of land actually occupied by a wrongly placed structure, also includes any land reasonably required as curtilage and for access to the structure land affected means any land on which a structure is actually situated land intended means any land on which a structure was intended to be situated structure includes— (a) a partially built structure; and (b) any part of a structure wrongly placed structure means a structure that— (a) is situated on or over the land affected, not being the land intended for the structure (whether or not the land intended adjoins the land affected); or (b) is situated on or over the land affected but was not placed there— (i) by, on behalf of, or in the interest of a person who was, at the time, the owner of the land affected; or (ii) under a contract made with, or by way of a gift made to, a person who was, at the time, the owner of the land affected. Compare: 1952 No 51 ss 129 , 129A

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