Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Domestic Building Contracts Act 1995 - SECT 16

Builder must not seek more than the contract price

16. Builder must not seek more than the contract price



(1) A builder who enters into a domestic building contract must not demand,
recover or retain from the building owner an amount of money under the
contract in excess of the contract price unless authorised to do so by this
Act.

Penalty: 100 penalty units.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to any amount that is demanded, recovered or
retained in respect of the contract as a result of a cause of action the
builder may have that does not involve a claim made under the contract.

Division 3-Provisions concerning building sites