Queensland Consolidated Acts

BUILDING INDUSTRY FAIRNESS (SECURITY OF PAYMENT) ACT 2017 - SECT 14B

14B Multiple contracts at same site or adjacent sites

(1) This section applies if—

(a) the same parties enter into 2 or more separate contracts; and

(b) the separate contracts are for carrying out project trust work at the same site or adjacent sites.

(2) The separate contracts are taken to be a single contract (the
"larger contract" ) for the purpose of applying this division.

Example—

The larger contract would be eligible for a project trust if the contract would be eligible for a project trust under section 14 .

(3) To remove any doubt, it is declared that the exemptions under subdivision 3 apply only to the larger contract and not to the separate contracts.

Note—

If the separate contracts are for small scale residential construction work under section 15C , the exemption under section 15C does not apply to exclude the separate contracts from being taken to be a single contract under subsection (2) .

(4) This section does not apply to separate contracts entered into as a result of separate tender processes.