South Australian Numbered Acts

BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY SECURITY OF PAYMENT ACT 2009 (NO 77 OF 2009) - SECT 11

11—Due date for payment

        (1)         A progress payment under a construction contract becomes due and payable—

            (a)         on the date on which the payment becomes due and payable in accordance with the terms of the contract; or

            (b)         if the contract makes no express provision with respect to the matter—on the date occurring 15 business days after a payment claim is made under Part 3 in relation to the payment.

        (2)         Interest is payable on the unpaid amount of a progress payment that has become due and payable at the rate—

            (a)         prescribed under the Supreme Court Act 1935 in respect of judgment debts of the Supreme Court; or

            (b)         specified under the construction contract,

whichever is the greater.

        (3)         If a progress payment becomes due and payable, the claimant is entitled to exercise a lien in respect of the unpaid amount over any unfixed plant or materials supplied by the claimant for use in connection with the carrying out of the construction work for the respondent.

        (4)         A lien or charge over the unfixed plant or materials existing before the date on which the progress payment becomes due and payable takes priority over a lien under subsection (3).

        (5)         Subsection (3) does not confer on the claimant any right against a third party who is the owner of the unfixed plant or materials.