Insight: Major Amendments to UK Construction Act Set Out in Government Draft Bill

August 2008
Phillip Capper

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The UK government has published a draft bill that amends key provisions of the Construction Act. Scheduled to be put before Parliament in December, the bill widens a ban on conditional payment clauses, replaces withholding notices with a wholly new payment structure, sets new controls on adjudication costs, strengthens the right to suspend work for non-payment, and repeals the controversial writing requirements, except in relation to certain adjudication contract clauses. Read here for details.