Singapore legislation

Clause 2

of Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment (Amendment) Bill

Clause 2

Amendment of section 2

Section 2 of the Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act (called in this Act the principal Act) is amended —

(a)

by deleting the definition of “adjudicator” and substituting the following definition:“ “adjudicator” means a person appointed under this Act to determine a payment claim dispute that has been referred for adjudication, and includes —

(a)

a replacement adjudicator appointed under section 14A(3);

(b)

a review adjudicator or a panel of review adjudicators appointed under section 18(5)(b); and

(c)

a replacement review adjudicator or a replacement member of a panel of review adjudicators appointed under section 18A(3);”;

(b)

by inserting, immediately after the words “supply contract” in the definition of “contract”, the words “, and includes a construction contract or a supply contract that has been terminated”;

(c)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “owner”, the following definition:“ “patent error”, in relation to a payment claim, means an error that is obvious, manifest or otherwise easily recognisable on the face of the claim;”;

(d)

by inserting, immediately after the word “payment” in paragraph (a) of the definition of “progress payment”, the words “(including a final payment)”; and

(e)

by inserting, immediately after the word “date” in paragraph (b) of the definition of “progress payment”, the words “(including a final payment)”.

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