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Consideration and agreement of contract documentation is carried out by the JCT Council, its Working Parties, Sub-Committees and the Council's five Colleges (which are shown on the diagram).

When a form or an amendment has reached the stage in the Council for publication, the Directors normally are bound to publish if the Council so recommends and states that it is approved by the "Relevant Colleges".

These Relevant Colleges are those, whose members would be a signatory to the Form or to the Form for which an amendment is to be issued. The Council's Standing Orders set out who are the Relevant Colleges for JCT Forms in existence at May 1998; for Forms not so in existence then the "signatory principle" applies.

The Joint Contracts Tribunal (JCT) is the industry’s foremost contracts producing organisation. It produces standard forms e.g. standard construction contracts, standard building contracts and subcontracts for the construction industry. JCT 2005 suite of contracts includes JCT - Constructing Excellence Contract : Partnering Contract, Framework Agreement, Major Project Construction Contract, Standard Building Contract, Design and Build Contract, Intermediate Building Contract, Minor Works Building Contract, Repair and Maintenance Contract, Collateral Warranties and Partnering Charter. It also produces consumer contracts such as the homeowner building contract.