NEC ECC: Notification associated with X2

X2.1 states that the PM “may” notify the CE and instruct quotations, in NEC use of the word “may” means is allowed to. So the PM doesn’t have to notify the CE and certainly has no obligation to check all legislation to see if it’s relevant and provide it to the Contractor.

If the PM doesn’t notify then if the Contractor wants to claim cost and / or time as a result of a change in the law then the Contractor should notify the PM stating what law has changed and what the effect of it is.

The difference between who notifies is about timescales, if the PM notifies and instructs quotations the Contractor has 3 weeks to submit a quotation and the PM has 2 weeks after this to accept / not accept it. If however the Pm does not notify, the Contractor could notify at any time.