{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/construction-contracts-amendment-act-northern-ireland-2011/section-1",
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  "legislation": "nia/2011/4",
  "legislation_title": "Construction Contracts (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/construction-contracts-amendment-act-northern-ireland-2011",
  "path": "section/1",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Requirement for construction contracts to be in writing",
  "text": "(1) Article 6 of the 1997 Order (provisions applicable only to agreements in writing) is repealed.\n(2) In Article 7 of that Order (right to refer disputes to adjudication)—\n(a) in paragraph (2) after “The contract shall” insert “ include provision in writing so as to ”;\n(b) in paragraphs (3) and (4) after “provide” insert “ in writing ”.\n(3) In this Act “the 1997 Order” means the Construction Contracts (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 (NI 1).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 1 in operation at 14.11.2012 by S.R. 2012/367, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2011/4/section/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:20:57.793188+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}