The date for the withdrawal of the JCT 2016 Edition of Contracts, 31 March 2026, has now passed, meaning that the JCT 2016 Edition is now officially out of date. It is recommended that, in the interest of best practice and legal compliance, users adopt contracts from the JCT 2024 Edition as soon as possible.
Whilst the withdrawal date has passed, JCT appreciates that a number of projects will have already commenced, or will shortly commence, on JCT 2016 contracts, which will affect the contract choice for Tier 2-3 as they will have to use the 2016 Edition. The 2016 Edition will have to be used for any ancillary documents and contract administration forms.
Therefore, to assist the industry, there will be a transitional period where contracts from the JCT 2016 Edition will continue to be made available, in hardcopy whilst stocks last and digitally thereafter, until 31 December 2026.
During the transitional period, JCT Construct subscribers will be able to start a new contract from 2016 templates or duplicate their saved 2016 contracts.
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