Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) An adjudicator must not decide an adjudication application until after the end of the period within which the respondent may give an adjudication response to the adjudicator.
(2) An adjudicator must not consider an adjudication response unless it was made before the end of the period within which the respondent may give a response to the adjudicator.
(3) Subject to subsections (1) and (2), an adjudicator must decide an adjudication application as quickly as possible and, in any case--
(a) within 10 business days after the earlier of--
(i) the date on which the adjudicator receives the adjudication response; or
(ii) the date on which the adjudicator should have received the adjudication response; or
(b) within the further time the claimant and the respondent may agree, whether before or after the end of the 10 business days.
(4) For a proceeding conducted to decide an adjudication application, an adjudicator--
(a) may ask for further written submissions from either party and must give the other party an opportunity to comment on the submissions; and
(b) may set deadlines for further submissions and comments by the parties; and
(c) may call a conference of the parties; and
(d) may carry out an inspection of any matter to which the claim relates.
(5) If a conference is called, it must be conducted informally and the parties are not entitled to any legal representation.
(6) The adjudicator's power to decide an adjudication application is not affected by the failure of either or both of the parties to make a submission or comment within time or to comply with the adjudicator's call for a conference of the parties.