Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)

I move amendment No. 7:

In page 6, to delete lines 5 to 10 and substitute the following:

"(2) Where—

(a) all the units in a multi-unit development are residential units, and

(b) the structure, or that part of the structure, in which the residential units are situate, does not form part, and was never intended to form part, of the common areas of the development,

the provisions of Schedule 2 shall apply as respects the common areas of the development.".

This amendment is to clarify the scope of section 2(2), which applies certain provisions of the Bill, as set out in Schedule 2, to traditional-type housing estates which have an owner-management company. It is essentially a drafting amendment that does not alter the substance of the existing text. The new wording is intended to make it clear that relevant provisions - that is, those outlined in Schedule 2 - apply to such housing estate developments whether they contain detached, semi-detached or terraced houses, or a combination of any such units.

I also table amendments Nos. 117 to 120, inclusive, which amend Schedule 2 in order to apply the following sections of the Bill to these types of developments: sections 4, 6, 9, 11, 12, 18 and 19.

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