(This note is not part of the Order.)
This Order brings the provisions of the Construction Contracts (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 into operation on 1st June 1999.
The Order specifies that construction contracts should contain certain provisions relating to adjudication and payment and that where they do not, parties may rely on fall-back provisions contained in regulations made by the Department (the Scheme for Construction Contracts in Northern Ireland Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999).