BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY SECURITY OF PAYMENT ACT 1999
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
PART 1 - PRELIMINARY
Name of Act
Commencement
Object of Act
Definitions
Definition of “construction work”
Definition of “related goods and services”
Application of Act
PART 2 - RIGHTS TO PROGRESS PAYMENTS
Rights to progress payments
Amount of progress payment
Valuation of construction work and related goods and services
Due date for payment
Effect of “pay when paid” provisions
PART 3 - PROCEDURE FOR RECOVERING PROGRESS PAYMENTS
Division 1 - Payment claims and payment schedules
Payment claims
Payment schedules
Consequences of not paying claimant where no payment schedule
Consequences of not paying claimant in accordance with payment schedule
Division 2 - Adjudication of disputes
Adjudication applications
Eligibility criteria for adjudicators
Appointment of adjudicator
Adjudication responses
Adjudication procedures
Adjudicator’s determination
Respondent required to pay adjudicated amount
Consequences of not paying claimant adjudicated amount
Filing of adjudication certificate as judgment debt
Claimant may make new application in certain circumstances
Division 3 - Claimant’s right to suspend construction work
Claimant may suspend work
Division 4 - General
Nominating authorities
Adjudicator’s fees
Protection from liability for adjudicators and authorised nominating authorities
Service of notices
Effect of Part on civil proceedings
PART 4 - MISCELLANEOUS
Act binds Crown
No contracting out
Regulations
Savings and transitional provisions
Review of Act
SCHEDULE 1 (Repealed)
SCHEDULE 2