Part 5: Other provisions about safety standards, etc. Remediation of Certain defects Section 117 – Meaning of "relevant building" Effect
This section defines a "relevant building" for the purposes of section 119 to 125 and Schedule 8; it defines the types of building to which the leaseholder protections apply.
	A "relevant building" is defined as a self-contained building or part of a building containing at least two dwellings which is at least 11 metres in height, or which has at least five storeys.
	Subsection (3) sets out that leaseholder-owned buildings are not included in the definition of "relevant building". Those types of buildings that are not included in the definition are those in which the building has undergone collective enfranchisement, or which are on commonhold land.
	Subsections (3)(a) and (3)(b) capture the statutory routes by which a building can undergo collective enfranchisement. These are under Parts 1 or 3 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987, and under Chapter 1 of Part 1 of the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993. Subsection (3)(c) provides a power for the Secretary of State to specify, by regulations, other routes by which a building can become leaseholder owned, and which will also not be included in the definition of "relevant building". Subsection (3)(d) captures buildings which are on commonhold land, which has the same meaning as in the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002.
	Subsections (4), (5), and (6) set out the meaning of "self-contained". A building is self-contained if one part of it could be redeveloped independently of the rest of the building.