sec.71HWhat is consequential damage

### sec.71H What is consequential damage Consequential damage is damage— caused by, or as a consequence of, carrying out building work at a building site (the relevant site ), regardless of any intention, negligence or recklessness of the person carrying out the work; and to a residential property at the relevant site, containing the relevant site or adjacent to the relevant site. In this section— building work includes any work prescribed by regulation. damage , to a residential property, includes any of the following— the impairment of drainage at the property; the undermining of a fence, retaining wall or other structure along the boundary of the property; the compromising of the structural integrity of a building, swimming pool or wall on the property; the cracking, lifting or cratering of a driveway or pathway on the property; water penetration of the property; infestation of the property by termites. residential property includes— a single detached dwelling or a duplex; or a lot or the common property for a community titles scheme under the Body Corporate and Community Management Act 1997 ; or a lot or the common property for a building units plan or a group titles plan under the Building Units and Group Titles Act 1980 . s 71H ins 2014 No. 57 s 37 (sec.71H-ssec.1) Consequential damage is damage— caused by, or as a consequence of, carrying out building work at a building site (the relevant site ), regardless of any intention, negligence or recklessness of the person carrying out the work; and to a residential property at the relevant site, containing the relevant site or adjacent to the relevant site. (sec.71H-ssec.2) In this section— building work includes any work prescribed by regulation. damage , to a residential property, includes any of the following— the impairment of drainage at the property; the undermining of a fence, retaining wall or other structure along the boundary of the property; the compromising of the structural integrity of a building, swimming pool or wall on the property; the cracking, lifting or cratering of a driveway or pathway on the property; water penetration of the property; infestation of the property by termites. residential property includes— a single detached dwelling or a duplex; or a lot or the common property for a community titles scheme under the Body Corporate and Community Management Act 1997 ; or a lot or the common property for a building units plan or a group titles plan under the Building Units and Group Titles Act 1980 . - (a) caused by, or as a consequence of, carrying out building work at a building site (the relevant site ), regardless of any intention, negligence or recklessness of the person carrying out the work; and - (b) to a residential property at the relevant site, containing the relevant site or adjacent to the relevant site. - (a) the impairment of drainage at the property; - (b) the undermining of a fence, retaining wall or other structure along the boundary of the property; - (c) the compromising of the structural integrity of a building, swimming pool or wall on the property; - (d) the cracking, lifting or cratering of a driveway or pathway on the property; - (e) water penetration of the property; - (f) infestation of the property by termites. - (a) a single detached dwelling or a duplex; or - (b) a lot or the common property for a community titles scheme under the Body Corporate and Community Management Act 1997 ; or - (c) a lot or the common property for a building units plan or a group titles plan under the Building Units and Group Titles Act 1980 .