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Queensland Building and Construction Commission Act 1991
sch.1B-sec.35Right of building owner to withdraw from contract in cooling-off period
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### sch.1B-sec.35 Right of building owner to withdraw from contract in cooling-off period
The building owner under a regulated contract may withdraw from the contract within 5 business days after the day on which the owner receives a copy of the signed contract from the building contractor.
Also, if the building owner under a level 2 regulated contract does not receive the consumer building guide before receiving a copy of the signed contract, the owner may withdraw from the contract within 5 business days after the day on which the owner receives the consumer building guide.
If 5 business days have elapsed from the day the contract was entered into and the owner has not received from the building contractor a copy of the signed contract and, for a level 2 regulated contract, the consumer building guide, the owner may withdraw from the contract.
Nothing in subsection (3) affects the right of the building owner to withdraw from the contract under subsection (1) or (2) if the owner subsequently receives from the building contractor a copy of the signed contract and, for a level 2 regulated contract, the consumer building guide.
sch 1B s 35 ins 2014 No. 57 s 60
(sch.1B-sec.35-ssec.1) The building owner under a regulated contract may withdraw from the contract within 5 business days after the day on which the owner receives a copy of the signed contract from the building contractor.
(sch.1B-sec.35-ssec.2) Also, if the building owner under a level 2 regulated contract does not receive the consumer building guide before receiving a copy of the signed contract, the owner may withdraw from the contract within 5 business days after the day on which the owner receives the consumer building guide.
(sch.1B-sec.35-ssec.3) If 5 business days have elapsed from the day the contract was entered into and the owner has not received from the building contractor a copy of the signed contract and, for a level 2 regulated contract, the consumer building guide, the owner may withdraw from the contract.
(sch.1B-sec.35-ssec.4) Nothing in subsection (3) affects the right of the building owner to withdraw from the contract under subsection (1) or (2) if the owner subsequently receives from the building contractor a copy of the signed contract and, for a level 2 regulated contract, the consumer building guide.