Failure to serve the payment schedule within time has the serious consequence of denying the respondent the opportunity to make any submissions (the adjudication response) to the adjudicator. Often, but not always, an adjudicator confronted with no submissions from the respondent may determine that the claimant is entitled to the full amount claimed.
Secure in the knowledge that the respondent is being effectively punished by the Act for not providing written responses to the payment claim, the claimant has fulfilled the pre-adjudication notification requirements of the Act and may prepare the adjudication application.
Please move to the next step on the "Payment Schedule NOT served flowchart" being "The Adjudicator has 10 business days to determine the Application from the date of Adjudicator's acceptance". Time may be extended by agreement of both parties".
Payment Schedule NOT Served flowchart