BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY (SECURITY OF PAYMENT) ACT 2021 (NO. 4 OF 2021) - SECT 48

BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY (SECURITY OF PAYMENT) ACT 2021 (NO. 4 OF 2021) - SECT 48

48 .         Review adjudicator’s determination

        (1)         The review adjudicator must —

            (a)         confirm the determination of the adjudicator that is the subject of the adjudication review application; or

            (b)         quash that determination and make a determination under this section.

        (2)         If that determination is quashed, the review adjudicator must determine —

            (a)         the amount of the progress payment, if any, to be paid by the respondent to the claimant; and

            (b)         the due date for the payment of that amount under section 20; and

            (c)         the rate of interest payable on that amount under section 21; and

            (d)         if no amount of progress payment is required to be paid — that no amount is payable.

        (3)         If the respondent has already paid an amount to the claimant under a determination of an adjudicator that is quashed —

            (a)         the amount is taken to have been paid by the respondent under the determination of the review adjudicator; and

            (b)         if the amount exceeds the amount payable under the determination of the review adjudicator — the claimant must repay that excess amount to the respondent and pay interest on that excess amount at the same rate as the respondent is required to pay on the adjudicated amount under section 21.

        (4)         The review adjudicator’s determination must specify —

            (a)         the amount that has already been paid by the respondent; and

            (b)         any excess amount that is repayable by the claimant and the date on which it becomes repayable.

        (5)         The review adjudicator’s determination must —

            (a)         be made in writing and be in the approved form (if any); and

            (b)         include the reasons for the determination; and

            (c)         be given by the review adjudicator to the claimant, the respondent, the authorised nominating authority that appointed the review adjudicator and the Building Commissioner.

        (6)         The Building Commissioner may give a copy of the review adjudicator’s determination to the adjudicator who made the determination that was the subject of the adjudication review application.

        (7)         The review adjudicator may, on the review adjudicator’s own initiative or on the application of the claimant or respondent, correct the review adjudicator’s determination if it contains —

            (a)         a clerical mistake or defect of form; or

            (b)         an error arising from an accidental slip or omission; or

            (c)         a material arithmetic error or a material mistake in the description of any person, thing or matter.