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Home Building Act 1989
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> > (1A) This section applies to a contract to which section 7 or 7AAA applies, but does not apply to any of the following contracts—
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> > > (a) a contract to do residential building work entered into between the holder of a contractor licence and a developer in relation to the work,
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> > > (b) a contract of a class prescribed by the regulations.
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> > (1) A holder of a contractor licence must, before entering into a contract that the holder is authorised by this Act to enter, give to the other party to the contract information, in a form approved by the Secretary, that explains the operation of this Act and the procedure for the resolution of disputes under the contract and for the resolution of disputes relating to insurance.
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> > Maximum penalty—40 penalty units in the case of a corporation and 20 penalty units in any other case.
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> > (2) (Repealed)
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> **s 7AA:** Ins 2001 No 51, Sch 2 \[4\]. Am 2004 No 101, Sch 4 \[3\]; 2011 No 52, Sch 1 \[9\]; 2014 No 24, Sch 1 \[14\] \[15\]; 2018 No 25, Sch 1.15.