definitions

definitions Sec. 603. As used in this title, the term— (1) “mobile home construction” means all activities relating to the assembly and manufacture of a mobile home including but not limited to those relating to durability, quality, and safety; (2) “dealer” means any person engaged in the sale, leasing, or distribution of new mobile homes primarily to persons who in good faith purchase or lease a mobile home for purposes other than resale; (3) “defect” includes any defect in the performance, construction, components, or material of a mobile home that renders the home or any part thereof not fit for the ordinary use for which it was intended; (4) “distributor” means any person engaged in the sale and distribution of mobile homes for resale; (5) “manufacturer” means any person engaged in manufacturing or assembling mobile homes, including any person engaged in importing mobile homes for resale; (6) “mobile home” means a structure, transportable in one or more sections, which is eight body feet or more in width and is thirty-two body feet or more in length, and which is built on a permanent chassis and designed to be used as a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation when connected to the required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air-conditioning, and electrical systems contained therein; (7) “Federal mobile home construction and safety standard” means a reasonable standard for the construction, design, and performance of a mobile home which meets the needs of the public including the need for quality, durability, and safety; (8) “mobile home safety” means the performance of a mobile home in such a manner that the public is protected against any unreasonable risk of the occurrence of accidents due to the design 88 Stat. 701 or construction of such mobile home, or any unreasonable risk of death or injury to the user or to the public if such accidents do occur; (9) “imminent safety hazard” means an imminent and unreasonable risk of death or severe personal injury; (10) “purchaser” means the first person purchasing a mobile home in good faith for purposes other than resale; (11) “Secretary” means the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; (12) “State” includes each of the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, the Canal Zone, and American Samoa; and (13) “United States district courts” means the Federal district courts of the United States and the United States courts of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, the Canal Zone, and American Samoa.