2. (1) In this Act—

“Act of 2000” means the Planning and Development Act 2000;

“Act of 2001” means the Local Government Act 2001;

“Act of 2004” means the Residential Tenancies Act 2004;

“administrative area” has the same meaning as it has in the Act of 2001;

“ancillary grant” has the meaning given to it by section 10(2);

“Appeal Board” means an Appeal Board constituted under section 38(1);

“Appeals Panel” has the meaning given to it by section 37(1);

“approved remediation option” has the meaning given to it by section 16;

“building condition assessment” has the meaning given to it by section 12(1)(a);

“building condition assessment report” has the meaning given to it by section 12(1)(b);

“certificate of remediation” shall be construed in accordance with section 20;

“defective concrete blocks” means concrete blocks that contain excessive amounts of free or unbound muscovite mica or reactive pyrite or a combination of both, or excessive amounts of such other deleterious material or combination of materials as may be prescribed under section 41;

“designated local authority” means a local authority designated by order under section 5;

“designated local authority area” has the meaning given to it by section 5;

“dwelling” means a house and does not include an apartment, maisonette or duplex;

“Housing Agency” means the Housing and Sustainable Communities Agency;

F1[“increased grant” has the meaning given to it by section 17A(6)(a);]

“I.S. 465:2018” means Irish Standard 465:2018 Assessment, testing and categorisation of damaged buildings incorporating concrete blocks containing certain deleterious materials and Amendment 1:2020, published by the National Standards Authority of Ireland;

“landlord” means the person entitled to receive (otherwise than as agent for another person) the rent in respect of a dwelling from the tenant;

“letter of assurance” shall be construed in accordance with section 21;

“local authority” has the same meaning as it has in the Act of 2001;

“Minister” means the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage;

“owns” means an individual who has a freehold estate or a leasehold estate, with more than 70 years remaining on the term of the lease, in the relevant dwelling;

“prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made by the Minister;

“relevant dwelling” means relevant dwelling under section 8;

“relevant owner”, other than in Chapter 2 of Part 3, means relevant owner under section 9(1);

“remediation option” has the meaning given to it by section 12(1)(c);

“remediation option grant” has the meaning given to it by section 10(1);

“residential tenancies register” means the register established and maintained by the Residential Tenancies Board under section 127 of the Act of 2004;

“second grant” has the meaning given to it by section 25;

“tenancy” includes a periodic tenancy and a tenancy for a fixed term, whether oral or in writing or implied;

“tenant” means a person entitled to the occupation of a dwelling under a tenancy.

(2) A notification or notice that is required to be given or issued to a person under this Act shall be in writing.