Construction Contracts Act 2013
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Construction contracts: exceptions, etc. |
2.— (1) A contract is not a construction contract— | |
(a) if the value of the contract is not more than €10,000, or | ||
(b) if— | ||
(i) the contract relates only to a dwelling, and | ||
(ii) the dwelling has a floor area not greater than 200 square metres, and | ||
(iii) one of the parties to the contract is a person who occupies, or intends to occupy, the dwelling as his or her residence. | ||
(2) A contract of employment (within the meaning of the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997 ) is not a construction contract. | ||
(3) A contract between a State authority and its partner in a public private partnership arrangement, as those terms are defined in the State Authorities (Public Private Partnership Arrangements) Act 2002 , is not a construction contract. | ||
(4) Where a contract contains provisions in relation to activities other than those referred to in the definition of a construction contract and section 1 (2), it is a construction contract only so far as it relates to those activities. | ||
(5) This Act applies to a construction contract whether or not— | ||
(a) the law of the State is otherwise the applicable law in relation to the construction contract, or | ||
(b) the parties to the construction contract purport to limit or exclude its application. |