Whether you’re building a house, carrying out a renovation, or doing any kind of contracting work, you need a written agreement to make sure all your bases are covered.

MPAQ has created plumbing specific contracts that have undergone extensive industry consultation and testing to ensure they are specifically suited for plumbers in Queensland and New South Wales. 

Purchase Contracts

Contracts Available

• Contract for Domestic Works

  Contracts for Domestic Works can be used when completing work for a homeowner. It is suitable for businesses operating in Queensland.

  To comply with specific legislative requirements for contracts, we have developed three contracts that must be used depending on the value of the works being undertaken:

  • Contract for works having a value of $3,300 or less including labour materials and GST
  • Contract for works having a value of between $3,301 and $19,999 including labour materials and GST
  • Contract for works having a value of greater than $20,000 including labour materials and GST

  This contract is available in a digital format.

• Contract for Plumbing Services

  This contract is for once-off non-domestic works and can be used when completing work for a builder or real estate, as an example. It is suitable for businesses operating in Queensland and/or New South Wales.

  • Option 1: Contract for Plumbing Services - This option includes the schedule, general terms and conditions, and signature fields in one document.
  • Option 2: General Terms and Conditions - This option includes just the terms and conditions document that references your own quote template. You also receive text that needs to be added to your quote and invoice templates, both of which refer to the terms and conditions document. This document is then held at your business and forwarded to clients on request.

  This contract is available in a digital format.

  Only available for MPAQ members.

• Subcontract for Plumbing and Associated Works

  This contract is for the once-off engagement of a subcontractor. It is suitable for businesses operating in Queensland and/or New South Wales.

  This contract is available in a digital format.

  Only available for MPAQ members.

• Master Contract

  This contract is for businesses supplying ongoing plumbing services for a client (multiple jobs for one client like a builder or a real estate). It comes with a contract, which gets filled out once per client, and a purchase order, which gets filled out once per job for the client you have the Master Contract in place with. This contract is suitable for businesses operating in Queensland and/or New South Wales.

  This contract is available in a digital format.

  Only available for MPAQ members.

• Master Subcontract

  This contract is for the ongoing engagement of a subcontractor. It comes with a subcontract, which gets filled out once per subcontractor, and a purchase order, which gets filled out once per job that the subcontractor you have the Master Subcontract in place with completes. This contract is suitable for businesses operating in Queensland and/or New South Wales.

  This subcontract is available in a digital format.

  Only available for MPAQ members.

• Home Building Contract (NSW)

  This contract is for once-off domestic work (over $20,000) and can be used when completing work for a homeowner. It is suitable for businesses operating in New South Wales.

  This contract is available in a digital format.

  Only available for MPAQ members.

Some of the above contracts come with variation notice templates to formalise any agreed changes to the scope of work or project cost. Instructions on which template to use for each scenario are included on the templates when they are provided. 

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Work Contract - COMPLETE PACKAGE

This package includes:

• Master Contract
• Master Subcontract
• Subcontract for Plumbing or Associated Works
• Contract for Plumbing Services OR General Terms and Conditions
• Contract for Domestic Works QLD OR Home Building Contract NSW (If you would like to substitute the Contract for Domestic Works for the Home Building Contract, please indicate this when you place your order for the Complete Package)

For more information about the contracts please contact the MPAQ Workplace Relations team on 07 3273 0800 or email info@mpaq.com.au.

Disclaimer

Whilst all care has been taken to ensure the accuracy, completeness and currency of the template contracts as at October 2021, MPAQ and Cornwalls Law, the law firm which produced it, do not warrant that the documents will be suitable for your particular purposes. You should seek legal advice as to the suitability of this document for your particular circumstances. To check the suitability or for any adaptions required to suit your purposes, contact Cornwalls on 3223 5942. If you do not do so, neither MPAQ or Cornwalls accepts any liability arising from your use of the template.