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Home Building Act 1989
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#### 48A Definitions
48A Definitions
> > (1) In this Part—
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> > building claim means a claim for—
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> > > (a) the payment of a specified sum of money, or
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> > > (b) the supply of specified services, or
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> > > (c) relief from payment of a specified sum of money, or
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> > > (d) the delivery, return or replacement of specified goods or goods of a specified description, or
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> > > (e) a combination of two or more of the remedies referred to in paragraphs (a)–(d),
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> > that arises from a supply of building goods or services whether under a contract or not, or that arises under a contract that is collateral to a contract for the supply of building goods or services, but does not include a claim that the regulations declare not to be a building claim.
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> > building dispute means a dispute that has been notified as referred to in section 48C.
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> > building goods or services means goods or services supplied for or in connection with the carrying out of residential building work or specialist work, being goods or services—
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> > > (a) supplied by the person who contracts to do, or otherwise does, that work, or
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> > > (b) supplied in any circumstances prescribed by the regulations to the person who contracts to do that work.
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> > goods, services and supply have the same meanings as in Part 6A of the [Fair Trading Act 1987](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1987-068).
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> > (2) Without limiting the definition of building claim, a building claim includes the following—
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> > > (a) an appeal against a decision of an insurer under a building cover contract required to be entered into under this Act,
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> > > (b) a claim for compensation for loss arising from a breach of a statutory warranty implied under Part 2C.
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> > (3), (4) (Repealed)
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> **s 48A:** Ins 2001 No 51, Sch 4 \[1\]. Am 2002 No 17, Sch 3.1 \[1\]; 2002 No 134, Sch 2.1 \[5\]; 2009 No 61, Sch 2 \[40\]; 2015 No 12, Sch 2.3 \[1\] \[2\]; 2017 No 28, Sch 1 \[6\].