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Flashcards in The Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 Deck (4)
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1
Q

What key provisions does the act include?

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  • The right to be paid in interim, staged or periodic payments
  • The right to be informed of any amount due/to be withheld
  • The right to suspend performance for non-payment
  • The right to adjudication
  • Disallowing pay when paid clauses.
2
Q

What scheme applies where contracts do not comply with the act?

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The Scheme for Construction Contracts

3
Q

What amendments were made in 2011?

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  • To close loop holes within its provisions
  • Construction contracts can be verbal
  • No longer able to define in contract who will bear adjudication costs
4
Q

Under which act where the 2011 amendments made?

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Local Democracy & Economic Development Act 2009 (In force from 2011)