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sch.1B-sec.3Meaning of domestic building contract
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### sch.1B-sec.3 Meaning of domestic building contract
A domestic building contract is—
a contract to carry out domestic building work; or
a construction management contract for the provision of building work services for domestic building work; or
another contract to manage the carrying out of domestic building work.
However, a domestic building contract does not include—
a contract between a building contractor and subcontractor; or
a contract between a building contractor and a building owner for the construction of 2 or more detached dwellings; or
a contract between the holder of an owner-builder permit and a building contractor; or
a contract under which the building owner is the State, an entity representing the State or a local government.
Subsection (4) applies if—
a building contractor and building owner enter into 2 or more separate contracts, each for the construction of 1 detached dwelling; and
the separate contracts could be the subject of a single contract for the construction of 2 or more detached dwellings.
The separate contracts are taken to be a contract between a building contractor and a building owner for the construction of 2 or more detached dwellings.
sch 1B s 3 ins 2014 No. 57 s 60
(sch.1B-sec.3-ssec.1) A domestic building contract is— a contract to carry out domestic building work; or a construction management contract for the provision of building work services for domestic building work; or another contract to manage the carrying out of domestic building work.
(sch.1B-sec.3-ssec.2) However, a domestic building contract does not include— a contract between a building contractor and subcontractor; or a contract between a building contractor and a building owner for the construction of 2 or more detached dwellings; or a contract between the holder of an owner-builder permit and a building contractor; or a contract under which the building owner is the State, an entity representing the State or a local government.
(sch.1B-sec.3-ssec.3) Subsection (4) applies if— a building contractor and building owner enter into 2 or more separate contracts, each for the construction of 1 detached dwelling; and the separate contracts could be the subject of a single contract for the construction of 2 or more detached dwellings.
(sch.1B-sec.3-ssec.4) The separate contracts are taken to be a contract between a building contractor and a building owner for the construction of 2 or more detached dwellings.
- (a) a contract to carry out domestic building work; or
- (b) a construction management contract for the provision of building work services for domestic building work; or
- (c) another contract to manage the carrying out of domestic building work.
- (a) a contract between a building contractor and subcontractor; or
- (b) a contract between a building contractor and a building owner for the construction of 2 or more detached dwellings; or
- (c) a contract between the holder of an owner-builder permit and a building contractor; or
- (d) a contract under which the building owner is the State, an entity representing the State or a local government.
- (a) a building contractor and building owner enter into 2 or more separate contracts, each for the construction of 1 detached dwelling; and
- (b) the separate contracts could be the subject of a single contract for the construction of 2 or more detached dwellings.