Building Industry Fairness (Security of Payment) Act 2017

The main purpose of this Act is to help people working in the building and construction industry in being paid for the work they do.

The main purpose of this Act is to be achieved primarily by—

requiring the use of statutory trusts for particular contracts related to the building and construction industry; and

granting an entitlement to progress payments, whether or not the relevant contract makes provision for progress payments; and

establishing a procedure for—

making payment claims; and

responding to payment claims; and

the adjudication of disputed payment claims; and

the recovery of amounts claimed; and

enabling the use of a statutory charge in favour of subcontractors for payment of the work they do.