Certificates of completion etc., effect of
35 Certificates of completion etc., effect of
This section applies if —
the construction contract to which a payment dispute relates provides for a person to certify —
that obligations under the contract have been performed; or
the amount of a payment that is to be made by a party;
and
such a certificate is provided by a party to an adjudicator in the course of an adjudication.
For the purposes of the adjudication —
if the certificate relates to the final amount payable under the contract and has the effect of finalising the contract, the certificate is to be taken to be conclusive evidence of its contents;
in any other case the certificate is to have such evidentiary weight as the appointed adjudicator thinks fit.
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