Performance specification: the legal implications

Lupton, S.

Performance specification: the legal implications - 1996 - International Construction Law Review 13(1) January 1996, 28-54(28) .

Examines the growth in the use of performance specifications, assesses the basic level of performance expected where performance requirements are not expressed, looks at the legal understanding of the concept of performance specifications including their effect on the distribution of design liability and at how courts handle specifications which contain mixed performance and prescriptive requirements.


DEFECTIVE PREMISES ACT 1972
DESIGN LIABILITY
DURABILITY
DUTY TO WARN
FIT FOR HABITATION
FITNESS FOR PURPOSE
PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATION
PRESCRIPTION SPECIFICATIONS
SALE AND SUPPLY OF GOODS ACT 1994
SALE OF GOODS ACT 1979
SUPPLY OF GOODS AND SERVICES ACT 1982