DOMESTIC BUILDING CONTRACTS ACT 1995 - SECT 132 Contracting out of this Act prohibited

DOMESTIC BUILDING CONTRACTS ACT 1995 - SECT 132

    (1)     Subject to any contrary intention set out in this Act—

        (a)     any term in a domestic building contract that is contrary to this Act, or that purports to annul, vary or exclude any provision of this Act, is void; and

        (b)     any term of any other agreement that seeks to exclude, modify or restrict any right conferred by this Act in relation to a domestic building contract is void.

    (2)     However, the parties to a domestic building contract may include terms in the contract that impose greater or more onerous obligations on a builder than are imposed by this Act.