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What is the Domestic Building Contracts Regulations 2017?

Read an Overview on the Domestic Building Contracts Regulations 2017: The Domestic Building Contracts Regulations 2017 (Vic) supersedes its predecessor, the Domestic Building Contracts Regulations 2007 (Vic)...

What is the Domestic Building Contracts Act 1995?

Read an Overview on the Domestic Building Contracts Act 1995: The Domestic Building Contracts Act 1995 (Vic) is a legislation that is intended to regulate domestic building work. Often, owners and building owners enter into domestic building contracts...

Disclosure of planning controls and approvals when selling land

Read a Summary on Disclosure Requirements for Planning Controls and Approvals in a Section 32 Statement: Division 2 of Part 2 of the Sale of Land Act 1962 sets out various matters that must be disclosed by vendors...

What is the National Construction Code (NCC)? 

Read an Overview on the National Construction Code: The National Construction Code comprises the Building Code of Australia (BCA) Volume One and Two, and the Plumbing Code of Australia, Volume Three. Generally, the purpose of building regulations...

What is a major domestic building contract in Victoria?

Read an Overview on Major Domestic Building Contracts: The Domestic Building Contracts Act 1995 (Vic) is Victoria's domestic building legislation that regulates major domestic building contracts and the conduct of parties when entering into that type...

What is a domestic building contract in Victoria?

Read an Overview on Domestic Building Contracts: As the principal Victorian domestic building legislation, the statutory intention of the Domestic Building Contracts Act 1995 (Vic) is to regulate domestic building contracts...

What are implied terms in Australia?

Read an Overview on Implied Terms: An implied term is a term that is not an express term and does not expressly form part of a contract. However, implied terms may be incorporated into a contract by implication...

What is an express term in a contract?

Read an Overview on Express Terms: Contracts are generally reduced to written form to record the agreement and express terms reached between the parties. Often, disputes may arise whether a term was intended to form part of a contract...

What is an enforceable contract in Australia?

Read an Overview on Enforceable Contracts: An enforceable contract is a legally binding agreement that the parties to an agreement have entered. A legally binding agreement comprises the following legal elements: Offer and Acceptance...

How is a contract frustrated in Australia?

Read an Overview on Frustration of Contract: A contract may be frustrated if through no fault of the parties to a contract, a contract can no longer be performed due to exceptional circumstances and are events outside the parties' control...