# The Construction Contracts Exclusion Order (Northern Ireland) 1999, Article 5: Development agreements

Extent: N.I.

(1) A construction contract is excluded from the operation of the 1997 Order if it is a development agreement.
(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1), a contract is a development agreement if it includes provision for the disposal of a relevant estate in the land on which take place the principal construction operations to which the contract relates.
(3) In paragraph (2) a relevant estate in land means—
(a) a freehold; or
(b) a leasehold for a period which is to expire no earlier than 12 months after the completion of the construction operations under the contract.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1999/33/article/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/construction-contracts-exclusion-order-northern-ireland-1999/article-5
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