Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS (SECURITY OF PAYMENTS) ACT

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART 1--PRELIMINARY MATTERS

           Division 1-- Introduction

   1.      Short title  
   2.      Commencement  
   3.      Object and its achievement  

           Division 2--Interpretation

   4.      Definitions  
   5.      Construction contract  
   6.      Construction work  
   7.      Goods and services related to construction work  
   8.      Payment dispute  

           Division 3--Operation of Act

   9.      Construction contracts to which this Act applies  
   10.     No contracting out  
   11.     Act binds Crown  
   11A.    Interaction with Community Justice Centre Act  

   PART 2--PROHIBITED AND IMPLIED PROVISIONS OF CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS

           Division 1--Prohibited provisions

   12.     Pay if paid and pay when paid provisions  
   13.     Provisions requiring payment to be made after 50 days  
   14.     Prescribed provisions  
   15.     Other provisions of contract not affected  

           Division 2--Implied provisions

   16.     Variations of contractual obligations  
   17.     Contractor's entitlement to be paid  
   18.     Contractor's entitlement to claim progress payments  
   19.     Making payment claims  
   20.     Responding to payment claims and time for payment  
   21.     Interest on overdue payments  
   22.     Ownership of goods  
   23.     Duties as to unfixed goods on insolvency  
   24.     Retention money  
   25.     Interpretation of implied provisions  

   PART 3--ADJUDICATION OF DISPUTES

           Division 1--Object of adjudication

   26.     Object  

           Division 2--Starting adjudication

   27.     Who can apply for adjudication  
   28.     Applying for adjudication  
   28A.    Withdrawing an application for adjudication  
   29.     Responding to application for adjudication  
   30.     Appointment of adjudicator in absence of agreed appointment  
   31.     Disqualification of adjudicator on grounds of conflict of interest  
   32.     Review of disqualification decision  

           Division 3--Adjudication process

   33.     Adjudicator's functions  
   34.     Adjudication procedure  
   35.     Interest until determination  
   36.     Costs of parties to payment disputes  
   37.     Evidentiary value of certificates of completion and amounts payable  
   38.     Content of determination  
   39.     Dismissed applications  

           Division 4--Effect of determinations

   40.     Determinations have effect despite other proceedings  
   41.     Payment of amount determined and interest  
   42.     Progress payment under determination to be on account  
   43.     Determination final  

           Division 5--Enforcing determinations

   44.     Contractor may suspend obligations for principal's non-compliance  
   45.     Determination may be enforced as judgment  

           Division 6--General

   46.     Costs of adjudications  
   47.     Effect of this Part on civil proceedings  
   48.     Review of adjudicator's decision to dismiss application  

   PART 4--ADMINISTRATION

           Division 1--Construction Contracts Registrar

   49.     Registrar  
   50.     Provisions relating to appointment of non-public sector employee  
   51.     Functions  

           Division 2--Adjudicators and prescribed appointers

   52.     Registering adjudicators  
   53.     Review of registration decision  
   53A.    Adjudicators to give Registrar information  
   54.     Publication of adjudicators' decisions  
   55.     Adjudicators' and prescribed appointers' rates to be published  

           Division 3--Miscellaneous provisions

   56.     Protection from liability  
   57.     Evidentiary provisions  

   PART 5--REVIEWS OF DECISIONS

   58.     Application of Part  
   59.     Application for review  
   60.     Review by Local Court  
   61.     Operation and implementation of decision  
   62.     Decision on review  

   PART 6--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

   63.     Annual report  
   64.     Regulations  
   65.     Review of Act  

   PART 7--REPEALS AND TRANSITIONAL MATTERS

   66.     Repeal of Workmen's liens legislation  
   67.     Transitional provision  
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