Construction Contracts (Former Provisions) Act 2004

To apply to have a payment dispute adjudicated, a party to the contract, within 90 business days after the dispute arises or, if applicable, within the period provided for by section 37(2)(b), must —

prepare a written application for adjudication; and

serve it on each other party to the contract; and

serve it —

if the parties to the contract have appointed a registered adjudicator and that adjudicator consents, on the adjudicator;

if the parties to the contract have appointed a prescribed appointor, on that appointor;

otherwise, on a prescribed appointor chosen by the party;

provide any deposit or security for the costs of the adjudication that the adjudicator or the prescribed appointor requires under section 44(8) or (9).

The application —

must be prepared in accordance with, and contain the information prescribed by, the regulations; and

must set out the details of, or have attached to it —

the construction contract involved or relevant extracts of it; and

any payment claim that has given rise to the payment dispute;

must set out or have attached to it all the information, documentation and submissions on which the party making it relies in the adjudication.

A prescribed appointor that is served with an application for adjudication made under subsection (1) must comply with section 28.