Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) The building contractor under a regulated contract must ensure the contract, in written form, complies with the formal requirements for a regulated contract.
Maximum penalty--20 penalty units.
(2) A regulated contract complies with the formal requirements for a regulated contract if the contract--
(a) is in English and is readily legible; and
(b) sets out in full all the terms of the contract; and
(c) sets out the warranties that are part of the contract because of section 41; and
(d) states the required matters; and
(e) contains the required things; and
(f) includes any plans and specifications for the subject work; and
(g) each time a word or phrase defined for the contract is used--indicates the word or phrase is defined in the contract's definition provision; and
(h) complies with any other requirements prescribed under a regulation.
(3) If the formal requirement mentioned in subsection (2)(f) applies to a contract, and a development approval or similar authorisation is required for carrying out the subject work, the contract complies with the requirement only if the plans and specifications contain the appropriate information.
(4) For subsection (3), if a detailed footing or slab design is required for obtaining the development approval or similar authorisation for the subject work, the plans contain the appropriate information if they contain--
(a) a detailed footing or slab design suitable for inclusion in the development approval or similar authorisation; and
(b) a floor plan drawn to scale; and
(c) front and side elevation drawings drawn to scale.
(5) For subsection (3), if a detailed footing or slab design is not required for obtaining the development approval or similar authorisation for the subject work, the plans contain the appropriate information if they contain--
(a) a floor plan drawn to scale; and
(b) a front elevation drawing drawn to scale; and
(c) a side elevation drawing drawn to scale.
(6) However, subsection (5) applies to a floor plan or drawing only if the plan or drawing is required for obtaining the development approval or similar authorisation for the subject work.
(7) For subsection (3), the specifications contain the appropriate information if they contain the specification details for the contract, to the extent the specification details are not included in plans for the contract, or otherwise included in the contract.
(8) In this section--
specification details, for a regulated contract, means--
(a) details of the subject work, including details of fixtures and fittings involved in the subject work; and
(b) details of materials and products to be used for the subject work; and
(c) details of finishes required for the subject work; and
(d) other details prescribed by regulation.