principal contractor definition

principal contractor means an employer appointed by the client to perform construction work;
principal contractor means an employer, as defined in section 1 of the Act who performs construction work and is appointed by the client to be in overall control and management of a part of or the whole of a construction site;
principal contractor means a person authorised to have management and control of the Site for the purposes of the Works and who is appointed by the Principal under clause 31.3 as a principal contractor for the purposes of the WHS Act;

Examples of principal contractor in a sentence

  • The Developer is to notify the Council of the details of the Principal Contractor for a Work before any construction of the Work occurs.

  • Principal If the Principal (Contractor) is a corporation, the Bond (Seal) should be signed in its correct Principal corporate name by its duly authorized officer or officers.

  • The Developer acknowledges that it is the Principal Contractor under WHS Law for the Works unless and until such time that the Developer engages a person to construct the Works, or engages another person conducting a business, or undertaking, to be the Principal Contractor for the Works, and authorises the person to have management or control of the workplace relating to the Works and to discharge the duties of a Principal Contractor under WHS Law.

  • If the Developer at any time terminates the engagement of the person engaged to construct the Works or to otherwise be the Principal Contractor for the Works, the Developer becomes the Principal Contractor until such time as a new person is appointed to construct the Works or to otherwise be the Principal Contractor for the Works.


More Definitions of principal contractor

principal contractor means a party who holds a contract for service or works with the Province and does not include any tenures or authorizations under the Forest Act.
principal contractor means, where applicable, the contractors appointed by the Client to coordinate the construction phase where it involves more than one contractor.
principal contractor means an employer appointed by the client to perform construction work; "Professional Engineer or Professional Certificated Engineer" means a person holding registration as either a Professional Engineer or Professional Certificated Engineer in terms of the Engineering Profession Act, 2000 (Act No. 46 of 2000);
principal contractor means a person who has entered into a contract with an owner, a developer or a lessee of a property or his agent for the purpose of carrying out any construction works on the property;
principal contractor means the contractor appointed under regulation 5(1)(b) to perform the specified duties in regulations 12 to 14;
principal contractor means a person who is appointed or taken to be the principal contractor for the Construction Work.
principal contractor means a person who has entered into a contract with an owner, a developer or a lessee of a property or his agent for the purpose of carrying out any construction works, or such other works or activities as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, specify;