The Act
Definitions
adjudicated amount means the amount of a progress payment that
an adjudicator determines to be payable, as referred to in section 22.
adjudication application means an application referred to in section 17.
adjudication certificate means a certificate provided by an authorised nominating
authority under section 24.
adjudication fees means any fees or expenses charged by an authorised nominating authority, or by
an adjudicator, under this Act.
adjudication response means a response referred to in section 20.
adjudicator, in relation to an adjudication application, means the person
appointed in accordance with this Act to determine the application.
authorised nominating authority means a person authorised by the Minister under
section 28 to nominate persons to determine adjudication applications.
business day means any day other than: (a) a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday, or (b) 27, 28, 29,
30 or 31 December.
claimant means a person by whom a payment claim is served under section 13.
claimed amount means an amount of a progress payment claimed to be due for construction work carried
out, or for related goods and services supplied, as referred to in section 13.
construction contract means a contract or other arrangement under which one party
undertakes to carry out construction work, or to supply related goods and
services, for another party.
due date, in relation to a progress payment, means the due date for the progress payment, as referred
to in section 11.
payment claim means a claim referred to in section 13.
payment schedule means a schedule referred to in section 14.
progress payment means a payment to which a person is entitled under section
8, and includes (without affecting any such entitlement): (a) the final
payment for construction work carried out (or for related goods and services
supplied) under a construction contract, or (b) a single or one-off payment for carrying out
construction work (or for supplying related goods and services) under a construction contract, or
(c) a payment that is based on an event or date (known in the building and construction industry
as a "milestone payment").
respondent means a person on whom a payment claim is served under section 13.
scheduled amount means the amount of a progress payment that is proposed to be made under
a payment schedule, as referred to in section 14.
