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SBCC Minor Works 2024 (Scotland): Key amendments—legislative updates, future‑proofing, time and risk, liability (no fitness for purpose), payment and insolvency, electronic communications, fluctuations and liquidated damages

Published on: 10 March 2026

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Share your insights here What are the key changes introduced into the SBCC 2024 Contracts?

The SBCC 2024 Contracts have been updated in line with the parallel Joint Contracts Tribunal (JCT) standard forms used in England and Wales, amounting to ‘kilted versions’ of those JCT documents, with departures introduced to accommodate the distinct legal framework north and south of the border. Overall, the revisions are arranged around three central aims that mirror the approach taken for the corresponding JCT suite and clarify how Scottish practice aligns with, yet differs from, the position in England and Wales:

  • capturing legislative developments since the 2016 editions;
  • future proofing the forms;
  • modernising and streamlining the drafting.

Legislative changes

For England and Wales, notable amendments to the JCT contracts respond to the Building Safety Act 2022, in particular Part 2A dealing with the regulation of higher-risk buildings. Where that statute has only a limited bearing in Scotland—such as the prescriptive time limits applicable to certain claims—no corresponding amendments are made to the SBCC forms. Instead, for Scotland the position continues to be addressed through the existing defined term ‘Statutory Requirements’, which remains the operative mechanism for relevant obligations...

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