44What is a domestic building work dispute?

44 What is a domestic building work dispute? (1) In this Part, a ***domestic building work dispute*** is a domestic building dispute arising between a building owner and— (a) a builder; or (b) a building practitioner (as defined in the **Building Act 1993**); or S. 44(1)(ba) inserted by No. 26/2019 s. 132. (ba) an engineer engaged in the building industry; or (c) a sub-contractor; or (d) an architect— in relation to a domestic building work matter. (2) In this Part, ***domestic building work matter*** means any matter relating to a domestic building contract or the carrying out of domestic building work, including any of the following— (a) an alleged breach of a warranty set out in section 8; (b) an alleged failure to maintain the standard or quality of building work specified in a domestic building contract; (c) an alleged failure to complete the domestic building work required by a domestic building contract; (d) an alleged failure to complete the domestic building work required by a domestic building contract within the times specified in the contract; (e) an alleged failure to pay money for domestic building work performed under the contract. (3) A reference to a building owner in this section includes a reference to any person who is the owner for the time being of the building or land in respect of which a domestic building contract was made or domestic building work was carried out. Division 2—Referral of domestic building work disputes S. 45 substituted by No. 15/2016 s. 6.