Guidance on Specific Clauses Schedules for TradeBox Domestic Building Contracts
- TradeBox Australia
- May 1, 2023
- 2 min read
Updated: Sep 28
Latest update 28/09/2025 | Last update 02/08/2023 | First published 30/07/2022
This guidance was provided to TradeBox Australia by Aitchison Reid Building and Construction Lawyers (the lawyers). Liability limited by a scheme approved under professional standards legislation. This guidance is not legal advice.
You can better fit your TradeBox Domestic Building Contract to your trade business, by adding extra domestic building Specific Clauses Schedules that have terms crafted to serve your business.
Not sure what Queensland domestic building Specific Clauses Schedules to pick for your business? Here's some guidance on the schedules from the lawyers.
Domestic building Specific Clauses Schedules for use in Queensland are special terms that can be added to the general Domestic Building Contract in your TradeBox Focus Domestic and TradeBox Ultimate Domestic subscriptions.
Domestic Specific Clauses Schedules
The following domestic building Specific Clauses Schedules are available and we give you a summary of what is included in each.
Installation of Supplied Building Products
What's included?
This clause protects you if the other party supplies any materials
Covers your obligations under the non-conforming building product legislation
Provides a process that the other party must follow if you are to install supplied building products
Who would use this schedule?
If the other party provides any building products for the job that you install
Material Price Increases
What's included?
The schedule provides a process for you to increase the contract price, if the contract is agreed over 61 days before the start date. The schedule includes clauses on:
Notifying the owner of the increase
The time frames for the owner to respond and the effect on the start date
What happens when you agree an increase
The owner requesting further information
If the owner rejects the increase to the total price
Termination of the contract if no agreement can be made
If a party proposes a compromise and the time frames for agreement
Personal Property Securities Register
What's included?
Detailed clauses relating to the Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (PPSA)
Creates a security interest in your favour for the goods and equipment delivered to site for the purpose of the Personal Property Securities Register (PPSR)
Allows you to seize the goods from site if you are not paid
Please note:
PPSR registrations will still need to be made to enforce the security
Once the materials are fixed to the building or land they are no longer goods and the PPSR registration may no longer be effective
Who would use this schedule?
If you leave any goods or equipment on site
Please note, that this clause is only the first step in using the protections under the PPSA, you will also need to register the goods and equipment on the PPSR
PPSR registration is not a service TradeBox provides
