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Building Act 2004

Miscellaneous provisions - Miscellaneous - Implied terms of contracts

399: Person may not give away benefit of warranties

You could also call this:

“You can't give up your right to have things fixed if they go wrong.”

You cannot give away the benefits of warranties related to building contracts. This means that if you have a warranty for building work, you must keep the benefits for yourself. You are not allowed to transfer these benefits to someone else.

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Part 5 Miscellaneous provisions
Miscellaneous: Implied terms of contracts

399Person may not give away benefit of warranties (Repealed)

    Notes
    • Section 399: repealed (but continuing to apply, as if it had not been repealed, to contracts entered into on or after 30 November 2004 but before 1 January 2015), on , by section 66(1) of the Building Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 100).