Clause 2

one party undertakes to carry out construction work, whether including the supply of goods or services or otherwise, for one or more other parties; or

one party undertakes to supply services to one or more other parties;“construction site”, in relation to a contract between a claimant and a respondent, means —

the land on which or the premises at which the claimant has been, is or will be carrying out construction work; or (b)the land or the premises in relation to which goods or services have been, are being or will be supplied under the contract;“contract” means a construction contract or a supply contract;“costs”, in relation to an adjudication, includes —

the application fee payable to an authorised nominating body; and

the fees and expenses of the adjudicator;“day” means any day other than a public holiday within the meaning of the Holidays Act (Cap. 126);“due date”, in relation to a progress payment, means the date on which the progress payment becomes due and payable under section 8;“land” has the same meaning as in section 4 of the Land Titles Act (Cap. 157);“owner”, in relation to a contract between a claimant and a respondent, means —

a person who —

enters into a contract, whether with the respondent or any other person, for the carrying out of construction work at or on, or for the supply of goods or services in relation to, the construction site concerned by the respondent or other person (as the case may be); and

is not engaged by any other person to carry out construction work at or on, or to supply goods or services in relation to, the construction site concerned; or

where there is no such person, a person who owns the construction site concerned;“payment claim” means a claim made by a claimant for a progress payment under section 10;“payment response”, in relation to a construction contract, means a response to a payment claim made by a respondent under section 11(1);“principal”, in relation to a respondent named in a payment claim served by a claimant under section 10, means a person who is liable to make payment to the respondent for or in relation to the whole or part of the construction work that is, or the whole or part of the goods or services that are, the subject of the contract between the respondent and the claimant;“progress payment” means a payment to which a person is entitled for the carrying out of construction work, or the supply of goods or services, under a contract, and includes —

a single or one-off payment; or

a payment that is based on an event or a date;“respondent” means a person who is or may be liable to make a progress payment under a contract to a claimant;“response amount” means —

in relation to a construction contract, the amount that a respondent proposes to pay to a claimant in a payment response provided under section 11(1) or 12(4) or as varied under section 12(4); or

in relation to a supply contract, the amount of the claimed amount in a payment claim that a respondent has paid to the claimant on or before the due date (if any);“supply contract” means an agreement under which —

one party undertakes to supply goods to any other party who is engaged in the business of carrying out construction work or who causes to be carried out construction work;

the supply is for the purpose of construction work carried out or caused to be carried out by the second-mentioned party; and

the first-mentioned party is not required to assemble, construct or install the goods at or on the construction site,but does not include such agreements as may be prescribed.