When is an adjudication application due?
Adjudication is the Security of Payment route to a decision on a disputed payment claim: an adjudicator decides what is owed. Each Act sets its own windows, for the application, for the response and, in 7 of 8, for a notice of intention to apply. 7 Acts give the application between 10 and 30 business days.
Every state's adjudication windows
The notice of intention, the application and the respondent's response, each with the section that sets it. The library holds no notice of intention row for Northern Territory.
| State | Notice of intention | Apply for adjudication | Respond to the application |
|---|---|---|---|
| New South Wales | 20 business dayss 17(2) | 10 business dayss 17(3) | 5 business dayss 20 |
| Queensland | 30 business dayss 99 | 30 business dayss 79(2)(b) | 10 business daysss 82-83 |
| Victoria | 10 business dayss 18(2) | 10 business dayss 18(3)(c) | 5 business dayss 21 |
| Western Australia | 20 business dayss 28(2) | 20 business dayss 28(4) | 10 business dayss 34 |
| South Australia | 20 business dayss 17(2) | 15 business dayss 17(3)(c) | 5 business dayss 20(1), (3) |
| Tasmania | 20 business dayss 21(4)(a), (b) | 10 business dayss 21(3)(a) | 10 business dayss 23(1), (2), (6) |
| Australian Capital Territory | 20 business dayss 19(2) | 10 business dayss 19(3)(b) | 7 business dayss 22(1), (3) |
| Northern Territory | not held in the library | 65 working dayss 8, 28(1), (3) | 15 working dayss 29(1) |
Where the application window starts
- NSW, QLD, VIC, WA, SA, TAS, ACT: Payment schedule received for less than the claim.
- NT: Payment dispute arose.
The full duty each Act sets for the notice of intention is in the answers below. Count the application window for a real date in the deadline calculator. The schedule that starts it is on the payment schedules page.
What this page is, and is not
It is the section text this library holds for each state's Act, with the window and the consequence. It is not legal advice, and it is not a substitute for reading the Act and the contract you signed.
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