DOMESTIC BUILDING CONTRACTS ACT 1995 - SECT 48K Costs to be paid by non-participating party

DOMESTIC BUILDING CONTRACTS ACT 1995 - SECT 48K

The costs of the preparation of a report (including any examination, test or advice obtained) by an assessor in relation to domestic building work are payable by a party to a domestic building work dispute that was subject to conciliation if—

        (a)     written notice of a conciliation conference was given to the party; and

        (b)     the party, without reasonable excuse, failed to participate in the conciliation conference; and

        (c)     a dispute resolution order is issued against the party because the building work was defective or incomplete.

S. 48L inserted by No. 15/2016 s. 6.