ACT: Respondent Serves Payment Schedule within Time after receipt of s.19(2) Notice

If the respondent provides the payment schedule following receipt of the second opportunity [s19.(2) - optional adjudication] notice within 5 business days of receipt of the notification and the claimant accepts and is paid the full scheduled amount, the payment process under the Act is complete.

Otherwise, if the claimant:

• disagrees with the scheduled amount; or
• full payment of the scheduled amount is not made by the due date;

then the claimant may proceed to adjudication.

The adjudication application must be made within 10 business days after the earlier of the day the claimant received the payment schedule, or the end of the 5-day period

As a payment schedule has now been received, the dispute resolution process of the Act reverts to that described in the Payment Schedule Served area of the flowchart (with blue background). Please move to the next step on the ACT flowchart being "Claimant has 10 business days to prepare & serve Adjudication Application on Adjudicate Today from date of receipt of Payment Schedule. However if an Adjudication Notice [s.19(2)] was served, the time is 10 business days after expiry of the 5 business days given by that Notice".