Arbitration Act: Deals with arbitration of commercial matters and provides the procedure under which the arbitration takes place.
Builders' Lien Act: Sets out rules and regulations regarding protection of trades people in the event of non-payment and the ability to place liens on the property that was subject of the unpaid work.
Building Trades Protection Act: Sets out specific rules and regulations required to be complied with in order to protect the safety of people in the building trades.
Construction Industry Labour Relations Act: Sets out rules and regulations in connection with the employment and use of unionized workers.
Contributory Negligence Act: Deals with situations where a homeowner may be considered negligent through the actions of a third party contractor or trades person, and the consequences of being found contributorily negligent.
Creditors' Relief Act: Establishes rules related to priorities in the event of fraud, improper payments and impact of bankruptcy and insolvency in these situations
Fire Prevention Act: Sets out fire code rules and regulations and consequences of failure to comply.
Frustrated Contracts Act: Sets out the rules and regulations that apply in the event that a contract is considered null and void due to unforeseen circumstances.
Labour Standards Act: Sets out minimum standards that must be met both in the course of employment and in the termination of employment.
Municipal Board Act: Establishes rules and regulations regarding the requirements for building permits and inspections.
Occupational Health and Safety Act: Sets out rules related to workplace safety, including the owner's responsibility to ensure a safe work environment and the consequences of failure to do so.
Personal Property Security Act: Sets up rules regarding the taking of security to ensure payments and priorities of payment among various classes of secured and unsecured creditors.
Sale of Goods Act: Sets out common law representations and warranties required to be provide to consumers by manufacturers of goods.
Workers' Compensation Act: Provides the framework to obtain compensation in case of a workplace accident.
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