sec.17

sec.17 Limitations on submissions and accompanying documents for particular adjudication applications— Act , s 201

This section prescribes, for section 201 (2) (g) of the Act , limitations on submissions and accompanying documents for— adjudication applications relating to payment claims for progress payments of not more than $25,000; and adjudication responses to adjudication applications mentioned in paragraph (a) . The submissions— must not exceed 10 pages in total; and if typed— must be set out in a document the margins of which are at least 2.54cm; and must be written in a font size of at least 10 point; and may only be accompanied by the following documents or copies of the documents— the payment claim to which the adjudication application relates; the construction contract to which the payment claim relates; a payment schedule given in response to the payment claim; if a party to the application gave the other party a document in support of the payment claim or the payment schedule at the time the claim or schedule was given to the other party—the supporting document; if a party to the application gave the other party a document relating to the construction contract—the related document; correspondence agreeing to a variation of a construction contract or an extension of time a program of work an expert report about a matter to which the payment claim relates; a statutory declaration about a matter to which the payment claim relates. In this section— expert report means a report made by a person dealing entirely or mainly with the issues the person is qualified to give expert evidence about. s 17 ins 2018 SL No. 177 s 10 (sec.17-ssec.1) This section prescribes, for section 201 (2) (g) of the Act , limitations on submissions and accompanying documents for— adjudication applications relating to payment claims for progress payments of not more than $25,000; and adjudication responses to adjudication applications mentioned in paragraph (a) . (sec.17-ssec.2) The submissions— must not exceed 10 pages in total; and if typed— must be set out in a document the margins of which are at least 2.54cm; and must be written in a font size of at least 10 point; and may only be accompanied by the following documents or copies of the documents— the payment claim to which the adjudication application relates; the construction contract to which the payment claim relates; a payment schedule given in response to the payment claim; if a party to the application gave the other party a document in support of the payment claim or the payment schedule at the time the claim or schedule was given to the other party—the supporting document; if a party to the application gave the other party a document relating to the construction contract—the related document; correspondence agreeing to a variation of a construction contract or an extension of time a program of work an expert report about a matter to which the payment claim relates; a statutory declaration about a matter to which the payment claim relates. (sec.17-ssec.3) In this section— expert report means a report made by a person dealing entirely or mainly with the issues the person is qualified to give expert evidence about.

• (a) adjudication applications relating to payment claims for progress payments of not more than $25,000; and
• (b) adjudication responses to adjudication applications mentioned in paragraph (a) .
• (a) must not exceed 10 pages in total; and
• (b) if typed— (i) must be set out in a document the margins of which are at least 2.54cm; and (ii) must be written in a font size of at least 10 point; and
• (i) must be set out in a document the margins of which are at least 2.54cm; and
• (ii) must be written in a font size of at least 10 point; and
• (c) may only be accompanied by the following documents or copies of the documents— (i) the payment claim to which the adjudication application relates; (ii) the construction contract to which the payment claim relates; (iii) a payment schedule given in response to the payment claim; (iv) if a party to the application gave the other party a document in support of the payment claim or the payment schedule at the time the claim or schedule was given to the other party—the supporting document; (v) if a party to the application gave the other party a document relating to the construction contract—the related document; Examples— • correspondence agreeing to a variation of a construction contract or an extension of time • a program of work (vi) an expert report about a matter to which the payment claim relates; (vii) a statutory declaration about a matter to which the payment claim relates.
• (i) the payment claim to which the adjudication application relates;
• (ii) the construction contract to which the payment claim relates;
• (iii) a payment schedule given in response to the payment claim;
• (iv) if a party to the application gave the other party a document in support of the payment claim or the payment schedule at the time the claim or schedule was given to the other party—the supporting document;
• (v) if a party to the application gave the other party a document relating to the construction contract—the related document; Examples— • correspondence agreeing to a variation of a construction contract or an extension of time • a program of work
• • correspondence agreeing to a variation of a construction contract or an extension of time
• • a program of work
• (vi) an expert report about a matter to which the payment claim relates;
• (vii) a statutory declaration about a matter to which the payment claim relates.
• (i) must be set out in a document the margins of which are at least 2.54cm; and
• (ii) must be written in a font size of at least 10 point; and
• (i) the payment claim to which the adjudication application relates;
• (ii) the construction contract to which the payment claim relates;
• (iii) a payment schedule given in response to the payment claim;
• (iv) if a party to the application gave the other party a document in support of the payment claim or the payment schedule at the time the claim or schedule was given to the other party—the supporting document;