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Building Industry Fairness (Security of Payment) Act 2017
sec.37Ending retention trust
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### sec.37 Ending retention trust
If a retention trust is established for a retention amount withheld from payment under a contract, the trust is dissolved if all of the amount has been released to the parties entitled to it under the contract.
On the dissolution of a retention trust, the trustee may pay itself all amounts held in the trust that are not owing to another beneficiary.
s 37 amd 2018 No. 17 s 176X
sub 2020 No. 24 s 63
(sec.37-ssec.1) If a retention trust is established for a retention amount withheld from payment under a contract, the trust is dissolved if all of the amount has been released to the parties entitled to it under the contract.
(sec.37-ssec.2) On the dissolution of a retention trust, the trustee may pay itself all amounts held in the trust that are not owing to another beneficiary.