There is now a great deal of legislation available on the internet, but it can sometimes be time-consuming to find the legislation that is most relevant to construction and engineering law. And so, as a matter of convenience, we reproduce some of the most-often referred to legislation below, where appropriate by way of link to the relevant AustLII page.
South Australia
Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 2009 (commences Dec 2011)
Building Work Contractors Act 1995
Building Work Contractors Regulations 1996
Commercial Arbitration Act 1986
Law Reform (Contributory Negligence and Apportionment of Liability) Act 2001
Other Jurisdictions
Australia – Commonwealth Legislation
Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (including the Australian Consumer Law)
Trade Practices Act 1974 (repealed but still applies to contracts made prior to 1/1/2011)
ACT
Building and Construction Industry (Security of Payment) Act 2009
New South Wales
Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 1999 (as amended)
Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Regulation 2008
New Zealand
Construction Contracts Act 2002
Northern Territory
Construction Contracts (Security of Payments) Act 2004
Construction Contracts (Security of Payments) Regulations
Queensland
Building and Construction Industry Payments Act 2004
Building and Construction Industry Payments Regulation 2004
Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2007
Tasmania
Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 2009
Victoria
Government of Victoria Legislation website
Building and Constuction Industry Security of Payment Act 2002 (as amended by the 2006 Act)
Building and Construction Indsutry Security of Payment Regulations 2003
Western Australia
Government of Western Australia Legislation website
Construction Contracts Act 2004
Construction Contracts Regulations 2004