Ambit of CIPAA 2012 / “Construction Work” is to be construed widely & expansively
The enactment of Construction Industry Payment and Adjudication Act 2012 (CIPAA 2012) is intended to provide remedies for the recovery of payment in the construction industry. However, the ambit of CIPAA 2012 is not merely restricted to the construction work in traditional sense. Section 4 of CIPAA 2012 defines ‘construction work’ as: ‘construction work’ means the construction, extension, installation, repair, maintenance, renewal, removal, renovation, alteration, dismantling, or demolition of: (a) Any building, erection, edifice, structure, wall, fence or chimney, whether constructed wholly or partly above or below ground level; (b)Any road, harbour works, railway, cableway, canal or aerodrome; (c)Any drainage,
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