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DOMESTIC BUILDING CONTRACTS ACT 2000 - SECT 70

70 Ending of contract for contravention of order

(1) The building owner under a regulated contract may end the contract if the building contractor contravenes a payment order.

(2) To end the contract, the building owner must give the building contractor a notice under this section.

(3) The notice must--

(a) be in writing; and
(b) be signed by the building owner; and
(c) state the building owner is ending the contract under this section; and
(d) state the ground on which the building owner is ending the contract; and
(e) give details of the ground.

(4) In this section--

payment order means an order made by a court or the tribunal requiring the building contractor under a regulated contract--

(a) to refund to the building owner an amount paid to the building contractor by the building owner that the building contractor was not, under a payment section, entitled to receive; or
(b) to pay to the building owner interest on the amount, or a part of the amount, mentioned in paragraph (a).


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