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24A Payment of invoices

(1) Subject to subsection (2), a hirer must pay an amount payable to a contractor under a regulated contract within 30 days after receipt of an invoice from the contractor in relation to the amount.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply if—

(a) there is a dispute over the amount payable; or

(b) the hirer and the contractor agree to a different period for payment and that period is not unfair to one of the parties.

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