Ivana Bacik (Independent)

I move amendment No. 4:

In page 4, to delete lines 41 to 45 and in page 5, to delete lines 1 and 2.

We debated this on Committee Stage. The amendment was suggested by the Apartment Owners Network to delete the definition of "relevant parts" in section 1 because their view, as consumers, is that the developer should have to indicate what are intended to be the common areas in the planning application and in all the literature and brochures in order that there can be no room for subsequent changes by him or her. Their concern is this definition qualifies the notion of "relevant parts" and allows developers to change areas. The example the organisation has given is where a park is viewed by the owners as part of the common area but the developer subsequently seeks to build on it. This comes back again to issues relating to completion which are constantly being raised with us by people living in apartments who thought some area was common ground, such as a communal garden or recreation space, but which was subsequently changed by the developer. The amendment is suggested in an attempt to ensure against such change.