Scottish Government

Footnotes

1. The first consultation, Improving Adjudication in the Construction Industry - a consultation on proposals relating to Part II of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 and the Scheme for Construction Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 1998. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/consultations/industry/iaci-00.asp
2. Figures for Scotland used throughout this document are supplied by the Department of Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform and are based on a proportion of the UK figures available.
3See www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2004/05/19360/37122
4. See RJT Consulting Engineers -v- DM Engineering ( NI) Ltd (2002) EWCA Civ 270, 8 March 20002
5. Joint BERR/ CIC Survey took place between January through to March 2007
6. These agreements first arose in the case of Bridgewater Construction -v- Tolent Construction (11 April 2000) and were a particular concern of Respondents to Improving Adjudication in the Construction Industry (Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions 2001) and Improving Payment Practices in the Construction Industry ( DTI and the Welsh Assembly Government 2005).
7. http://www.cic.org.uk/services/adjudication.html
8. http://www.BERR.gov.uk/sectors/construction/constructionact/page13956.html
9. http://www.scotland.gov.uk/consultations