Section 88(3)(b) of the Building Industry Fairness (Security of Payment) Act 2017 (Qld) is breached once an adjudicator considers a prohibited 'new reason', whether or not that consideration leads to a particular decision. A respondent must include all reasons for withholding payment in its payment schedule under s 69(c), not merely those prompted by the payment claim. An adjudicator's general statement that all relevant documentation was considered is not conclusive; failure to refer to a document of considerable importance on a contested point permits the inference that it was not considered, constituting jurisdictional error under s 88(2)(c).
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