South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts28—Formal requirements in relation to domestic building work contracts
(1) The following
requirements must be complied with in relation to a
domestic building work contract:
(a) the
contract must be in writing;
(b) the
contract must set out in full all the contractual terms;
(c) the
contract must set out the name in which the building work contractor carries
on business under the contractor's licence, the contractor's licence number
and the names and licence numbers of any other persons with whom the
contractor carries on business as a building work contractor in partnership;
(d) the
contract must comply with any requirements of the regulations as to the
contents of domestic building work contracts;
(e) the
contract must be signed by the building work contractor and the building owner
personally or through an agent authorised to act on behalf of the contractor
or building owner;
(f) the
building owner must be given a copy of the signed contract as soon as
reasonably practicable after it has been signed by both parties together with
a notice in the prescribed form containing the prescribed information;
(g) the
copy of the contract and the notice given to the building owner must (apart
from signatures or initials) be readily legible.
(2) If any of the
requirements of subsection (1) is not complied with, the
building work contractor is guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty: $5 000.