Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS (SECURITY OF PAYMENTS) ACT

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

           Part 1 Preliminary
           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
           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
           Schedule Implied provisions
           ENDNOTES