Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) A variation of a
contract —
(a) must
be in writing —
(i)
setting out all of the terms of, and the cost of, the
variation;
(ii)
showing the date of the variation;
and
(b) must
be signed by the builder and the owner or their respective agents.
(2) The owner or his
agent must be given a copy of the signed variation —
(a) as
soon as is reasonably practicable after it has been signed by both parties;
and
(b)
before the work to which the variation relates is commenced.
(3) A builder who is a
party to a variation of a contract must ensure that the requirements of
subsections (1) and (2) are complied with in respect of that variation.
Penalty: $500.
(4) This
section has effect subject to sections 8 and 13(4) and clause 5
of Schedule 1.
(5) In this
section and in section 8 contract includes any previous variation
of the contract.