Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Domestic Building Contracts Act 1995 - SECT 132

Contracting out of this Act prohibited

132. Contracting out of this Act prohibited



(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.