BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY (SECURITY OF PAYMENT) ACT 2009

Table of Provisions

• Long Title

PART 1--PRELIMINARY

• 1 Name of Act  
• 3 Dictionary  
• 4 Notes  
• 5 Offences against Act—application of Criminal Code etc  
• 6 Object of Act  

PART 2--IMPORTANT CONCEPTS

Division 2.1--Meaning of terms

• 7 Meaning of construction work  
• 8 Meaning of related goods and services  

Division 2.2--Application of Act

• 9 Application of Act  

PART 3--RIGHT TO PROGRESS PAYMENTS

• 10 Right to progress payments  
• 11 Amount of progress payment  
• 12 Valuation of construction work and related goods and services  
• 13 Due date for payment  
• 14 Effect of pay when paid provision  

PART 4--PROCEDURE FOR RECOVERING PROGRESS PAYMENT

Division 4.1--Payment claim and payment schedule

• 15 Payment claim  
• 16 Payment schedule  
• 17 Consequences of not paying claimant—no payment schedule  
• 18 Consequences of not paying claimant in accordance with payment schedule  

Division 4.2--Adjudication of disputes

• 19 Adjudication applications  
• 20 Eligibility—adjudicators  
• 21 Adjudicator for application  
• 22 Adjudication responses  
• 23 Adjudication procedures  
• 24 Adjudicator's decision  
• 25 Respondent must pay adjudicated amount  
• 26 Failure to pay adjudicated amount  
• 27 Filing of adjudication certificate as judgment debt  
• 28 Claimant may make new application in certain circumstances  

Division 4.3--Claimant's right to suspend construction work

• 29 Claimant may suspend work  

Division 4.4--Authorised nominating authorities and adjudicators

• 30 Maximum number of nominating authorities  
• 31 Application for nominating authority  
• 32 Nominating authority—suitability  
• 33 Term of authorisation  
• 33A Suspension, cancellation or withdrawal of authorisation  
• 34 Costs and expenses—authorised nominating authority  
• 35 Report—authorised nominating authority  
• 36 Costs and expenses—adjudicator  
• 37 Protection from liability—adjudicators and authorised nominating authorities  
• 37A Approval of codes of practice  
• 37B Breach of code of practice  

Division 4.5--General

• 38 Effect of part on civil proceedings  

PART 5--NOTIFICATION AND REVIEW OF DECISIONS

• 39 Meaning of reviewable decision—pt 5  
• 40 Reviewable decision notices  
• 41 Applications for review  

PART 6--MISCELLANEOUS

• 42 No contracting out  
• 43 Judicial review of adjudication decision  
• 44 Determination of question of law by Supreme Court  
• 46 Determination of fees  
• 48 Regulation-making power  
• SCHEDULE 1
DICTIONARY ENDNOTES