From 1 January 2012, it will be an offence for businesses to give a consumer an express warranty for goods or services that does not comply with Regulation 90 of the Competition & Consumer Regulations.
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InfoSheet outlining key tasks when dealing with a Cost Plus Contract.
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Summary of changes to the Home Building Act, including time limitations, time periods and interpretations of the legislation.
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Email may be used to serve notice only when the building contract is amended to provide for email as a method of service.
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Since 1 July 2010, a national unfair contract terms regime has been in place for all standard-form contracts with consumers. These laws were part the first phase of the “Australian Consumer Law” (ACL) reforms, a process designed to establish national, uniform consumer laws.
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In March this year the Federal Government introduced national consumer laws that affected standard form contracts
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This information sheet will help you understand what Prime Cost items and Provisional Sum items are, and how to use them under HIA ACT Residential Building Contract for New Dwellings Contract and/or Alterations and Additions Contract.
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Provided they are administered correctly, cost plus contracts can be a useful alternative to a fixed price contract, especially where the price of the work can not be adequately determined prior to commencement or where the cost of materials being used are particularly volatile.
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You have completed the building works under the contract – what do you do next to be paid? If you do not follow your contract properly then you may compromise your right to get paid quickly or at all.
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Members often find themselves in dispute relating to recovery for unsigned variations and delays in completing construction. These issues may be avoided by adopting better contract administration procedures. This information sheet will focus on these two common areas of dispute. It will also outline how a builder can claim for an extension of time and variation.
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This information sheet deals with the concept of the commencement date, extensions of time and suspension of works under the HIA contracts New Homes, and Alterations, Additions and Renovations.
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Before you can begin building, you must have been given permission by the client to enter onto their land to perform the works. Under our contract, the permission is described as a “licence”.
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This information sheet will help you understand what Prime Cost items and Provisional Sum items are, and how to use them under the HIA New Homes Contract or the HIA Alternations, Additions and Renovations Contract.
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This information sheet explains practical completion under HIA ACT New Dwellings and Renovations and Additions Contracts.
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What are the statutory warranties? How long do the warranties apply?
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