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Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 2004 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 4 · Adjudication of Payment Claim Disputes

14. Appointment of adjudicator

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(1)

The authorised nominating body must, upon receiving an adjudication application, refer the adjudication application to a person who is on the register of adjudicators established under section 28(4)(a) and whom the authorised nominating body considers to be appropriate for appointment as the adjudicator to determine the adjudication application.

(2)

The person to whom the adjudication application has been referred under subsection (1) may agree or decline to determine the adjudication application.

(3)

The authorised nominating body must, within 7 days after receiving the adjudication application, serve a written notice confirming the appointment of an adjudicator on the claimant, the respondent, the principal (if known) and the owner concerned.

Terms defined in s 2

adjudication
Defined · s 2
“adjudication” means the adjudication of a payment claim dispute in accordance with Part 4, and includes an adjudication review under that Part;
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adjudicator
Defined · s 2
“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);
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authorised nominating body
Defined · s 2
“authorised nominating body” means a person authorised under section 28(1);
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claimant
Defined · s 2
“claimant” means a person who is or claims to be entitled to a progress payment under section 5;
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owner
Defined · s 2
“owner”, in relation to a contract between a claimant and a respondent, means —(a)a person who —(i)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(ii)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(b)where there is no such person — a person who owns the construction site concerned;
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principal
Defined · s 2
“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;
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respondent
Defined · s 2
“respondent” means a person who is or may be liable to make a progress payment under a contract to a claimant;
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Report

Read on from s 14A

Part 5

Measures to Enforce Payment of Adjudicated Amount

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Part 6

General Provisions Relating to Adjudication

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Part 7

Miscellaneous

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