Section 311 — Property Law Act 2007: Circumstances in which person bound is not liable

311 Circumstances in which person bound is not liable (1) The person bound is not liable to contribute to the cost of any part of the proposed work if that work is carried out in the period starting with the time when the person bound was duly served with a notice under section 308 (a notice ) and ending on the earlier of the following: (a) the time at which a cross-notice under section 310 (a cross-notice ) was duly served by the person bound on the person entitled: (b) the expiry of 15 working days after the date on which the notice was duly served on the person bound (which is the period within which the person bound may serve a cross-notice). (2) The person bound is not liable to contribute to the cost of any part of the proposed work if that work is carried out in any period, after a notice and a cross-notice have been duly served, during which differences between the parties remain to be settled, either by agreement or by a court. (3) Neither subsection (1) nor (2) prevents the person bound from agreeing, in the particular case, during the period referred to in that subsection, to contribute to the cost of the proposed work. Compare: 1952 No 51 s 126C(4)