The legislative policy under BCIPA that assigns to the principal the risk of a builder's inability to repay monies paid under an adjudicator's decision applies regardless of whether the challenge is based on jurisdictional error rendering the decision void. A principal seeking to stay payment pending a jurisdictional error challenge cannot rely on the strength of its case or the post-Kirk clarification of supervisory jurisdiction to overcome this legislative policy on the balance of convenience.
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