South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated ActsIn this Act, unless the context or subject matter otherwise requires—
"council" means a municipal or district council;
"fund" means the Housing Improvement Fund;
"house" means any building (including any tent, edifice, structure or erection
whether temporary or permanent) or any part thereof which is used or intended
to be used as a dwelling, and includes any yard, garden, outbuilding and
appurtenances belonging thereto or usually enjoyed therewith;
"land" includes any right over land;
"landlord" includes any person from time to time deriving title under the
original landlord;
"metropolitan area" means the portion of the State comprised within the
municipalities of Adelaide, Brighton, Burnside, Glenelg, Henley and Grange,
Hindmarsh, Kensington and Norwood, Port Adelaide, Prospect, St. Peters,
Thebarton, Unley, and Woodville, and the district council districts of
Campbelltown, Enfield, Marion, Mitcham, Payneham, Walkerville, and West
Torrens, and the Garden Suburb;
"Minister" means the Minister of the Crown to whom for the time being the
administration of this Act is committed by the Governor;
"owner", in relation to any building or land, means a person, other than a
mortgagee not in possession, who is for the time being entitled to dispose of
the fee simple of the land or building, whether in possession or reversion,
and includes also a person holding or entitled to the rents and profits of the
building or land under a lease registered pursuant to the Real Property
Act 1886 or the Registration of Deeds Act 1935 ;
"registered mortgagee" means the mortgagee or encumbrancee under a mortgage or
encumbrance registered pursuant to the Real Property Act 1886 or the
Registration of Deeds Act 1935 ;
"street" includes any street, road, lane, footway, square, court or alley,
whether a thoroughfare or not;
"tenant" includes any person from time to time deriving title under the
original tenant.