BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY (SECURITY OF PAYMENT) ACT 2009 - NOTES

BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY (SECURITY OF PAYMENT) ACT 2009 - NOTES

Dictionary

(see s 3)

Note 1     The Legislation Act

contains definitions and other provisions relevant to this Act.

Note 2     For example, the Legislation Act

, dict, pt 1, defines the following terms:

              •     business day

              •     calendar month

              •     director-general (see s 163)

              •     exercise

              •     found guilty

              •     function

              •     law, of the Territory.

"adjudicated amount"—see section 24.

"adjudication application"—see section 19 (1).

"adjudication certificate "means a certificate provided by an authorised nominating authority under section 26.

"adjudication response"—see section 22 (1).

"authorised nominating authority" means a nominating authority authorised by the Minister under section 31.

"business day" does not include 27, 28, 29, 30 or 31 December.

"claimant"—see section 15.

"claimed amount"—see section 15.

"construction contract" means a contract or other arrangement under which one party undertakes to carry out construction work, or to supply related goods and services, for another party.

"construction work"—see section 7.

"due date", for a progress payment, means the day the progress payment is payable under section 13.

"payment claim"—see section 15 (1).

"payment schedule"—see section 16 (1).

"progress payment"—see section 10 (1).

"related goods and services" for construction work—see section 8 (1).

"respondent"—see section 15.

"reviewable decision", for part 5 (Notification and review of decisions)—see section 39.

"scheduled amount"—see section 16 (2).

Endnotes

1     About the endnotes

Amending and modifying laws are annotated in the legislation history and the amendment history. Current modifications are not included in the republished law but are set out in the endnotes.

Not all editorial amendments made under the Legislation Act 2001

, part 11.3 are annotated in the amendment history. Full details of any amendments can be obtained from the Parliamentary Counsel's Office.

Uncommenced amending laws are not included in the republished law. The details of these laws are underlined in the legislation history. Uncommenced expiries are underlined in the legislation history and amendment history.

If all the provisions of the law have been renumbered, a table of renumbered provisions gives details of previous and current numbering.

The endnotes also include a table of earlier republications.

2     Abbreviation key