Construction Act – changes proposed by Government
Monday, July 28th, 2008A draft Bill has been published by the Government to amend the Construction Act. This follows a long period of consultation within the industry and comes some 12 years after the Housing Grants, Construction & Regeneration Act introduced legislation affecting construction contracts in the UK.
Many of the clauses are designed to improve conditions for specialist and subcontractors, allowing them more easily to refer payment disputes to adjudication. The draft clauses would:
- Remove the requirement for the construction contract to be in writing in order for the Act to apply.
- Allow an adjudicator to overrule a clause in a contract that imposes an unreasonable burden on one of the parties with respect to the adjudicator


