What are the requirements of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996? Section 110(1) of the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 (HGCRA 1996), requires that every construction contract shall provide: • an ‘adequate mechanism’ for determining what payments become due under the contract, and when (ie the due date) (HGCRA 1996, s 110(1)(a)), and • a final date for payment in respect of any sum that becomes due (HGCRA 1996, s 110(1)(b)). HGCRA 1996, s 110(1) states that the parties are free to agree how long the period is between the due date and the final date Where a construction contract fails to meet either of these requirements, then the provisions of the Scheme for Construction Contracts