Queensland Consolidated Acts

BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY PAYMENTS ACT 2004 - SECT 24

(1) Subject to subsection (3), the respondent may give the adjudicator a response to the claimant's adjudication application (the adjudication response) at any time within the later of the following to end--

(a) 5 business days after receiving a copy of the application;

(b) 2 business days after receiving notice of an adjudicator's acceptance of the application.

(2) The adjudication response--

(a) must be in writing; and

(b) must identify the adjudication application to which it relates; and

(c) may contain the submissions relevant to the response the respondent chooses to include.

(3) The respondent may give the adjudication response to the adjudicator only if the respondent has served a payment schedule on the claimant within the time specified in section 18(4)(b) or 21(2)(b).

(4) The respondent can not include in the adjudication response any reasons for withholding payment unless those reasons have already been included in the payment schedule served on the claimant.

(5) A copy of the adjudication response must be served on the claimant.