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The Construction Contracts (1997 Order) (Commencement) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999

S.R. 1999/34 · Made 27 January 1999

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CONSTRUCTION

Made 27th January 1999

The Department of the Environment, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Article 1(2) of the Construction Contracts (Northern Ireland) Order 1997f1, paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 1 to the Northern Ireland Act 1974f2 and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

S.I. 1997/274 (N.I. 1)

f2

1974 c. 28.

Contents

  1. 1Citation
  2. 2Appointed day
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation

This Order may be cited as the Construction Contracts (1997 Order) (Commencement) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999.

2Appointed day

The day appointed for the coming into operation of the Construction Contracts (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 shall be 1st June 1999.

Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on

L.S.

Trevor Pearson

Assistant Secretary

27th January 1999.

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order.)

This Order brings the provisions of the Construction Contracts (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 into operation on 1st June 1999.

The Order specifies that construction contracts should contain certain provisions relating to adjudication and payment and that where they do not, parties may rely on fall-back provisions contained in regulations made by the Department (the Scheme for Construction Contracts in Northern Ireland Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999).