8Certain land not liable

8 Certain land not liable

8 Certain land not liable

(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, where a parcel of land:

(a) was, at the base date, owned by a natural person,

(b) was the only parcel of land owned by that person at that date,

(c) had, at that date, erected thereon a single dwelling-house, and was, at that date, being used for residential purposes, and

(d) had, at that date, an area not exceeding nine thousand square feet,

that parcel of land is not liable for contribution.

(2) In this section:

parcel of land means a lot in a lawful division of land or, where, at the base date, a single dwelling-house was erected on land in two or more such lots, the land comprised in those lots.

single dwelling-house means one dwelling used or adapted for use solely for habitation by not more than one family.