The customer may terminate the contract at any time up to completion of the work. If the customer terminates the contract, then the trader is entitled to demand the agreed remuneration; however, the trader must allow to be credited against them what they save due to the contract being cancelled or what they acquire or wilfully fail to acquire from other use of their labour. The presumption is that on that basis, the contractor is entitled to five per cent of the remuneration accounted for by the part of the work not yet provided.
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Right of termination of the customer
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