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93 Claims if builder insolvent and work unfinished
(a) a builder is not the owner of the land where the builder is
carrying out insurable residential building work; and
(b) the builder fails to complete the work because the builder
becomes insolvent; and
(c) the owner has paid the builder part or all of the cost of the work;
and
(d) the work is insured under a complying residential building
insurance policy.
(2) The owner is not entitled to recover from the insurer any amount by
which the amount paid exceeds the cost of the work done.
(3) However, if the owner has paid a deposit on the work and the cost of
any work done is less than the amount of the deposit, the owner may
recover from the insurer the lesser of the following amounts:
(a) the amount of the deposit less the cost of any work done;
(b) the amount prescribed under the regulations less the cost of any
work done.
deposit, in relation to insurable residential building work, means an
amount that was paid or payable by the owner to the builder, under
the contract to carry out the work, before the beginning of the work.
insolvent—see section 90 (5).