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MHHS Minimum Housing and Health Standards

MHHS · Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods Act

1 Definitions

Current to 2026-04-16 · Official PDF

In this Act,
(a) "building" means a structure of any kind, or part of a
structure, including
(i) an apartment,
(ii) a co-operative housing unit,
(iii) a condominium unit, or
(iv) a mobile home;
(b) "Court" means the Court o f King's Bench of Alberta;
(c) "criminal organization" mea ns a criminal organization as
defined in the Criminal Code (Canada);
(d) "criminal organization offence" means a criminal
organization offence as defined in the Criminal Code
(Canada);
(e) "Director" means the Di rector of Law Enforcement
appointed under the Police Act;
(f) "gang" means a group of individuals, usually identified by a
group name or designation, who associate with each other
for criminal or other unlawful purposes;
(g) "Minister" means the Minist er determined under section 16
of the Government Organization Act
as the Minister
responsible for this Act;
(h) "owner" means, in relation to property,
(i) a person who is the reg istered owner of title to the
property pursuant to the Land Titles Act,
(ii) a person who is entitled to be the registered owner of
title to the property pursuant to the Land Titles Act,
(iii) a person shown as the o wner of the property in the
municipal assessment or tax roll records for the property,

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(iv) a person who manages o r receives rents from the
property, whether on his or her behalf or as agent or
trustee for another person, or
(v) any of the following persons in whom the property or
any estate or interest in the property is vested or with
whom decision-making responsibility legally resides:
( A ) a g u a r d i a n ,
(B) an executor, adminis trator or trustee, or
(C) an attorney under a power of attorney;
(i) "person" includes a partn ership, limited partnership or
unincorporated organization of persons;
(j) "Registrar" means a Registrar as defined in the Land Titles
Act
.
2007 cS-0.5 s1;AR 217/2022