89C

Standard conditions for residential building work contract

In force

(1)

A regulation may prescribe the following for a residential building work contract:

(a)

a standard condition;

(b)

the meaning of a term used in a residential building work contract (a prescribed term).

(2)

A person commits an offence if—

(a)

the person enters into a residential building work contract; and

(b)

under the contract the person—

(i)

is required to carry out residential building work; or

(ii)

sells a residential building, or part of a residential building, and carrying out residential building work is involved in the contract; or

(iii)

arranges for someone else to carry out residential building work; and

(c)

the residential building work contract does not include—

(i)

each standard condition; or

(ii)

if the residential building work uses a prescribed term—the meaning of the prescribed term.

Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units.

(3)

An offence against this section is a strict liability offence.

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