How do I apply for adjudication?
If you think you are entitled to make a claim for adjudication then any of the ANA’s will be able to assist you by providing an adjudication application form.
Applicants should note that the adjudication application must be in writing and addressed to an ANA, requesting the ANA to nominate an adjudicator:
- be lodged with the ANA within the time allowed under the Act
- be served upon the respondent at the same time
- be accompanied by any ANA’s application fee
- attach a copy of the payment claim
- attach a copy of the payment schedule (if any)
- include all information in support of the claim that the claimant wishes the adjudicator to consider (such as expert reports, photographs and rebuttal of arguments for withholding payment raised by the respondent in the payment schedule), and
- include a copy of the contract.
How do I contact an ANA?
The Minister for Commerce authorises specialist organisations to receive adjudication applications, nominate adjudicators and issue adjudication certificates. These bodies are called Authorised Nominating Authorities (ANA’s).
To obtain an ANA contact details, click here.
What happens after I apply for adjudication?
Once you have submitted your adjudication application the ANA will contact an adjudicator they consider best suited to determine your claim. If the adjudicator accepts, the claimant and the respondent will receive a notice from the adjudicator.
If the claimant does not receive a notice of acceptance from an adjudicator within four (4) business days, the claimant is entitled to withdraw the adjudication application. The claimant then has five (5) business days to lodge the application with another ANA