Clause 136
Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Bill [Lords]
1:00 pm
Sarah McCarthy-Fry (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Communities and Local Government; Portsmouth North, Labour)
As the hon. Gentleman said, this clause ensures that adjudicators can, generally speaking, make corrections to their decisions, and inserts into the 1996 Act the requirement that the construction contract should provide that
“the adjudicator has the power to correct a clerical or typographical error”
in his decision
“arising by accident or omission”.
This puts on a clear statutory footing an adjudicator’s ability to amend an obvious error in their decision. The 1996 Act is currently silent as to the power of an adjudicator to correct such errors.
Reverting to the previous clause, the review of the statutory scheme will be in 18 months.