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Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act

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As amended, the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996, also known as the Construction Act or HGCRA, sets out a number of important legislative approaches to construction contracts, payments, and disputes.  

This includes: 

  • The definition of a “construction contract” in UK law;  
  • The right to adjudication under a construction contract;  
  • The right to payment by instalments, stage payments or other periodic payments under a construction contract; 
  • The right to be informed of amounts due under a construction contract, or any amounts to be withheld; and  
  • The right to suspend performance for non-payment. 

Check out the previous letter in our ‘A-Z of Construction Law Contractual Terms’. The letter was ‘G’ and this represented ‘Guarantee‘.

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