20Copy of variation document for owner

20 Copy of variation document for owner

(1)  As soon as practicable (but in any case within 5 business days) after a variation of a residential building work contract is agreed to between the building contractor and the owner, the building contractor must give the owner –

(a) a readily legible copy of an appropriate variation document for the variation signed by the building contractor and the owner; or

(b) if acceptable circumstances apply to the building contractor – a readily legible copy of an appropriate variation document for the variation, signed by the building contractor.

Penalty:  In the case of –

(a) a body corporate, a fine not exceeding 300 penalty units; or

(b) an individual, a fine not exceeding 100 penalty units.

(2)  For the purposes of subsection (1)(b) , acceptable circumstances apply to the building contractor if the building contractor has taken all reasonable steps to ensure an appropriate variation document for the variation is signed by the owner, but the owner has not signed the document.