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  • a person or entity with designated authority to act for matters specified by the Warranty Provider on behalf of the Warranty Provider, and may include the Residential Builder;
  • the New Home Buyer Protection Act;
  • the collection of components that separate conditioned space from unconditioned space, the exterior air or the ground, or that separate conditioned spaces intended to be conditioned to temperatures differing by more than 10ºC at design conditions;
  • that written document issued by the Warranty Provider and setting out the Warranty Provider’s assessment decision with respect to the Claim;
  • property managed by a condominium corporation pursuant to its bylaws; and a unit in a building described in a condominium plan, or any portion of the unit, that includes all or part of one or more of: the Building Envelope;a Delivery and Distribution System that serves two or more units;a load-bearing part;any Common Property as defined in section 14(1)(a) of the Condominium Property Act; andany area subject to an easement in favour of another unit;whether or not that unit or portion of a unit is intended for residential occupancy;
  • so much of the parcel as is not comprised in a unit shown in a condominium plan, but does not include land shown on the condominium plan that has been provided for the purposes of roads, public utilities and reserve land under Part 17 of the Municipal Government Act;
  • any design, construction, or material used in the construction of, Reconstruction of, or the components of the New Home discovered after the commencement of the warranty coverage and are captured under this Policy that:
  • Defects that result in the failure of the Building Envelope to perform its intended function;
  • include electrical, gas, plumbing, heating, ventilation and air?conditioning systems to which the Safety Codes Act (Alberta) applies and any other systems prescribed as Delivery and Distribution Systems including: private sewage disposal systems that: serve a single property;are designed to receive no more than 25 m3 of sewage each day; andare designed to dispose of sewage either on the property that the system serves or in a holding tank; and¥ all components of a Delivery and Distribution System in the New Home that are:present on the Commencement Date of this Policy; andinstalled during construction by the Residential Builder of the New Home;but excluding any fixtures and appliances that are attached to a Delivery and Distribution System and that are subject to a manufacturer’s warranty;
  • optional additional warranty insurance coverage for Defects in the Building Envelope for an additional 2 year period;
  • the internet account held by the Insured with the Warranty Provider at the web address www.homeowners.anhwp.com;
  • a building containing 2 or more dwelling units;
  • a building, or a portion of a building, that is newly constructed or that is being constructed and is intended for residential occupancy and in respect of which the protection period has not expired, and includes: a self-contained dwelling unit that: is detached;is attached to one or more other self-contained dwelling units; orincludes a secondary suite;Common Property, Common Facilities and other assets of a condominium corporation;any building or portion of a building that is of a class prescribed as a class of New Home to which the Act applies;a building that is intended for residential occupancy and that is a Reconstruction; anda manufactured home;but does not include a hotel, motel, dormitory, care facility, relocatable work camp or any building exempted from the Regulations from the definition of New Home
  • an individual who builds or intends to build a New Home for personal use with a valid authorization issued by the Registrar and includes any builder prescribed as an Owner Builder to which the Act applies;
  • a change, addition, alteration or repair to a building that is intended for residential occupancy and that is a building where after a change, alteration or repair to the building, at least 75% of the enclosed square footage of the building above the foundation at the completion of the change, alteration or repair is new. For clarity, a change, addition, alteration or repair to a building’s surfaces, fixtures or decorations is not a Reconstruction for the purposes of this Policy;
  • a form of document delivery by mail or courier in which receipt of the document must be acknowledged in writing as specified in Part 11: Service of Documents in the Alberta Rules of Court (AR 124/2010);
  • a person who engages in, arranges for or manages all or substantially all of the construction or Reconstruction of a New Home, or agrees to do any of those things, and includes a general contractor, but does not include an Owner Builder;
  • any Defect in the materials, labour and design that results in the failure of a load-bearing part of the New Home and any Defect that causes structural damage that materially and adversely affects the use of the New Home for residential occupancy;
  • The New Home Warranty Insurance (Canada) Corporation.