A payment claim under the Construction Contracts (Security of Payment) Act (NT) need only meet the five minimum statutory criteria identified in Australian Constructions Pty Ltd v Nilsen (SA) Pty Ltd; strict compliance with all contractual formalities is not required. The Act does not permit repeat payment claims even where the construction contract specifically provides for them. An adjudicator's erroneous construction of a contract going to jurisdiction is reviewable jurisdictional error notwithstanding the privative clause in s 48(3).
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