Legislation

There is now a great deal of legislation available on the internet, but it can sometimes be time-consuming to find the legislation that is most relevant to construction and engineering law. And so, as a matter of convenience, we reproduce some of the most-often referred to legislation below, where appropriate by way of link to the relevant AustLII page.


South Australia

Building Work Contractors Act 1995

Building Work Contractors Regulations 1996

Commercial Arbitration Act 1986

Development Act 1993

Development Act 1993 Regulations

Law Reform (Contributory Negligence and Apportionment of Liability) Act 2001

Workers Liens Act 1893

Other Jurisdictions

Australia - Commonwealth Legislation

Trade Practices Act 1974

New South Wales

Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 1999 (as amended)

New Zealand

Construction Contracts Act 2002

Northern Territory

Construction Contracts (Security of Payment) Act 2004

Queensland

Building and Construction Industry Payments Act 2004

Building and Construction Industry Payments Regulation 2004

Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2007

Victoria

Government of Victoria Legislation website

Building and Constuction Industry Security of Payment Act 2002 (as amended by the 2006 Act)

Western Australia

Government of Western Australia Legislation website

Construction Contracts Act 2004

 

A tabular summary of the key practical differences between the various States’ adjudication legislation

Adjudication page

Adjudication tabular summary