Ask the team: should I worry about the changes to the Construction Act?

Resource type: Legal update: archive

Status: Published on 22-Nov-2010

Jurisdictions: England, Wales

PLC Construction's Ask the team: should I worry about the changes to the Construction Act? suggests that, while parties need to know about the forthcoming changes to Part II of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 (the Construction Act 1996), it is also important to see the similarities between the current and future rules.

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PLC Construction has published Ask the team: should I worry about the changes to the Construction Act?, which:

Highlights some of the important differences between Part II of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 (www.practicallaw.com/9-106-4478) (Construction Act 1996) (as enacted) and the Construction Act 1996, as amended by Part 8 of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 (www.practicallaw.com/1-500-7500) (LDEDC Act 2009).
Encourages the parties to construction contracts to get to grips with some of the key changes to adjudication, payment terms and the right to suspend for non-payment.
Reminds readers that the Construction Act 1996 (as amended) will apply to oral or partly oral contracts, as well as to written contracts.
Suggests that, even after the changes come into effect, the parties to construction contracts will find that much of their day-to-day activity will be "business as usual".
Summarises that the parties should "keep calm and carry on".

For a list of PLC Construction's previous Ask the team publications, see PLC Construction: Ask the team (www.practicallaw.com/1-500-6845).

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Resource ID: 6-503-9853
Published: 22-Nov-2010
Products: PLC UK Construction, PLC UK Dispute Resolution, PLC UK Law Department

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