Clause 136
Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Bill [Lords]
1:00 pm
Stewart Jackson (Shadow Minister, Communities and Local Government; Peterborough, Conservative)
This clause is relatively easy and uncontentious, so we will not burden the Committee. It inserts the new subsection (3)(a) into section 108 of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996, requiring parties to a construction contract to provide in the contract the adjudicator’s power to correct a clerical or typographical error. We do not have any problems with this tidying-up exercise. It is broadly welcomed by most members of the construction community and we are happy, subject to the Minister’s comments, not to divide the Committee.