Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) An adjudication certificate may be filed as a judgement for a debt, and may be enforced, in a court of competent jurisdiction.
(2) An adjudication certificate can not be filed under this section unless it is accompanied by an affidavit by the claimant stating that the whole or a part of the adjudicated amount has not been paid at the time the certificate is filed.
(3) If the affidavit states that part of the adjudicated amount has been paid, the judgement is for the unpaid part of the amount only.
(4) If the respondent commences proceedings to have the judgement set aside, the respondent--
(a) is not, in those proceedings, entitled--
(i) to bring any counterclaim against the claimant; or
(ii) to raise any defence in relation to matters arising under the construction contract; or
(iii) to challenge the adjudicator's decision; and
(b) is required to pay into the court as security the unpaid portion of the adjudicated amount pending the final decision in those proceedings.