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CONTRACTORS DEBTS ACT 1997 - SECT 9 Payment of defaulting contractor's debt by principal

CONTRACTORS DEBTS ACT 1997 - SECT 9

Payment of defaulting contractor's debt by principal

9 Payment of defaulting contractor's debt by principal

(1) After a notice of claim is served on a principal in accordance with this Part, the principal must pay the money owed to the defaulting contractor to the unpaid person.
(2) The principal must make the payments to the unpaid person as they become payable under the contract with the defaulting contractor until whichever of the following first occurs:
(a) the principal receives a discharge notice, or discharge notices, indicating that the certified debt has been fully discharged, or
(b) the payments are no longer payable under the contract.