- Act 86 of 2009 - Royal Assent 17 December 2009 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Long Title PART 1 - Preliminary 1. Short title 2. Commencement 3. Object 4. Interpretation 5. Meaning of "building work or construction work" 6. Meaning of "building or construction-related goods and services" PART 2 - Application and Effect of Act in Relation to other Acts, Contracts, &c. 7. Application of Act 8. Act binds Crown 9. Act does not limit other entitlements or remedies 10. Effect on civil proceedings 11. Parties cannot contract out of Act PART 3 - Rights to Progress Payments 12. Rights to progress payments 13. How value of building work or construction work, &c., to be determined 14. Liens over unpaid amounts 15. Due date for payment 16. "Pay-when-paid" provisions of no effect PART 4 - Payment Claims and Payment Schedules 17. Claims for payment may be made 18. Schedules for payment may be provided to claimant 19. Consequences of failing to provide payment schedule within relevant period 20. Consequences of not paying claimant in accordance with payment schedule PART 5 - Adjudication of Disputes 21. Applications for adjudication 22. Appointment of adjudicator 23. Response by respondent to adjudication application 24. Adjudication proceedings 25. Determination of adjudication application 26. Respondent must pay amount determined by adjudicator 27. Adjudication certificate may be filed as judgment for debt 28. When claimant may make new adjudication application PART 6 - Claimant's Right to Suspend Building Work or Construction Work or Supply 29. Claimant may suspend work or supply PART 7 - Administration Division 1 - Security of Payments Official 30. Security of Payments Official Division 2 - Nominating authorities 31. Nominating authorities 32. Nominating authorities may charge fees 33. Nominating authorities to provide information 34. Nominating authority to advise Security of Payments Official if certain legal processes begin Division 3 - Adjudicators 35. Disqualification of adjudicator for interest 36. Request and review in relation to disqualification of adjudicator 37. Adjudicator's fees 38. Information in relation to determinations of adjudication applications Division 4 - Protection from liability 39. Protection from liability PART 8 - Miscellaneous 40. Service of notices 41. Regulations 42. Status of notices 43. Administration of Act 44. Transitional matters PART 9 - Consequential amendments and repeal 45. Consequential amendments 46. Legislation repealed SCHEDULE 1 SCHEDULE 2[ Note: This table has been automatically generated and may be incomplete. ]