Construction Act: definition and example
Part II of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 sets payment and adjudication rules for qualifying construction contracts.
By Jack Butler-Kettle · Updated
Guidance for England and Wales. Check the contract, amendments and facts that apply to your job.
What it means in practice
Read this alongside the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996.
Part II of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 contains construction-payment and adjudication provisions. Application depends on the agreement, operations and statutory exclusions. For guidance focused on England and Wales, the relevant Scheme can supply terms where contractual provisions fail the statutory requirements.
Check whether the provisions apply before relying on a remedy. A post-signing contract review can help map the agreement and its payment mechanism.
Worked example
The facts
A subcontract contains no clear final date for payment.
What happens
The subcontractor first checks whether its agreement falls within the statutory regime.
It compares the payment wording with the Act and the applicable Scheme.
What this shows
The missing term is investigated through the relevant legal framework, rather than replaced by an assumed standard date.