4Definitions

4 Definitions

(1)  In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears –

appropriate variation document means a variation document that complies with the formal requirements specified in section 18(2) ;

building includes a proposed building or part of a building and a building that is able to be relocated;

building contractor means a person who performs, has performed, or intends to perform, residential building work;

building site means a place where residential building work has been, is being, or is to be, performed;

business day means a day that is not a Saturday, a Sunday, a statutory holiday as defined in the Statutory Holidays Act 2000 or a public holiday throughout the State;

contract price, in relation to a residential building work contract, means the total amount payable under the contract for the performance of residential building work under the contract and includes –

(a) an amount in relation to labour and materials; and

(b) an amount the building contractor is entitled to receive and keep under the contract; and

(c) an amount the building contractor is entitled to receive under the contract for payment to another person;

cost-plus contract means a residential building work contract under which the amount the building contractor is to receive under the contract cannot be calculated when the contract is entered into;

date of practical completion, in relation to a residential building work contract, means the day by which –

(a) the residential building work to be performed under the contract is completed in compliance with the contract, including all plans and specifications for the work and all statutory requirements applying to the work; and