Consultation Paper on the Builders Lien Act

Abstract

The current version of the Builders Lien Act has been in force for slightly more than 20 years. Given this length of time, a review of the terms of this important Act and its operation is warranted. BCLI launched the Builders Lien Act Reform Project in response to an invitation from the Ministry of Attorney General to take a critical look at the Act.

BCLI has published this Consultation Paper on the Builders Lien Act to obtain the views of stakeholders on reform of the Act and feedback on specific proposals for changes to the Act developed by the Project Committee. We call these proposals tentative recommendations because they are not finalized and may be modified or abandoned in light of the responses received. With the benefit of the responses to the consultation paper, we will form our final recommendations on reform of the Builders Lien Act and publish them in a subsequent report that will be freely available in digital form to the public.