799. DEFINITIONS

799 DEFINITIONS 799.1 When used in this chapter, the following terms and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed: Director - the Director of the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs or the Director's representative, agent, or designee. Household goods - furniture, appliances, personal effects, and other property used or to be used in a dwelling. Household goods contractor or contractor - any person (except the federal government, any political subdivision of the federal government, or the government of the District of Columbia) who owns a business which transports household goods for a consideration. Moving contract - an agreement for the performance of transportation of household goods. Owner - any person, or that person's agent, who enters into a moving contract for the transportation of household goods owned by that person. Person - an individual, partnership, corporation, or other legal entity. Registrant - a person registered with the Department pursuant to this chapter. Transportation of household goods - the act of moving the location of household goods from a dwelling or a place of storage within the District to a dwelling or to a place of storage within the District or within the Washington, D.C. Commercial Zone. Washington, D.C. Commercial Zone - that area adjacent to and commercially a part of Washington, D.C., as defined and limited in Title 49, § 1048.10 of the Code of Federal Regulations.