Find out what you need to know about the New Construction Act & Revised Scheme. After months of speculation, we now know that the changes to the Housing Grants Act and the Scheme for Construction Contracts will be implemented in England and Wales on 1 October 2011. Insight summarises the key changes and considers the likely impact of the reforms on construction industry practice as a whole.
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Insight is our newsletter which provides practical information on topical issues affecting the building, engineering and energy sectors.
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The long awaited Bribery Act took effect on 1 July 2011. But what is it all about? Insight provides a guide to the four new criminal offences: paying a bribe; receiving a bribe; bribery of a foreign official; and the corporate offence of failing to prevent bribery. Our guide concentrates on the latter offence which will be of most interest to the construction industry and represents the most significant departure from the existing law on bribery.