Part 5: Other provisions about safety standards, etc. Construction products Section 147: Liability relating to constructions products: general definitions Background
This is a new provision.
	Sections 147 and 148 each create a new cause of action which allows for manufacturers and sellers of construction products to be held accountable where the use of a construction product in construction works causes or contributes to a dwelling being unfit for habitation on completion of those works. This applies retrospectively (section 149) in relation to construction products which are cladding products only, and where the relevant products are in breach of regulations, inherently defective, or have been mis-sold. Prospectively (section 148) it applies to all construction products, where the relevant product is in breach of regulations, inherently defective, or has been mis-sold. Sections 149 and 150 make provisions for limitation periods associated with the new causes of action. This section provides general definitions relevant to the new causes of action.