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Security of Payment deadlines, state by state
Every Australian state and territory has its own Security of Payment Act, and each one runs on different numbers. This table puts them side by side, as the Act sets them where the contract is silent. Each figure shows the section it comes from.
Open a state for the full list of windows and what each one costs to miss.
| State | Builder answers the claim | Payment falls due | Notice if no schedule |
|---|---|---|---|
| NSW | 10 business daysNSW s 14(4)(b)(ii) | 20 business daysNSW s 11(1B) | 20 business daysNSW s 17(2) |
| QLD | 15 business daysQLD s 76(1) | 10 business daysQLD s 73(1)(b) | None in the Act |
| VIC | 10 business daysVIC s 15(4)(b) | 10 business daysVIC s 12(1) | 10 business daysVIC s 18(2)-(2A) |
| WA | 15 business daysWA s 25(1) | 25 business daysWA s 20(1)(b) | 20 business daysWA s 28(2) |
| SA | 15 business daysSA s 14(4)(b) | 15 business daysSA s 11(1)(b) | 20 business daysSA s 17(2) |
| TAS | 10 business daysTAS s 19(3)(b) | 10 business daysTAS s 15(2) with s 19(3)(b) | 20 business daysTAS s 21(4)(a) |
| ACT | 10 business daysACT s 16(4)(b)(ii) | 15 business daysACT s 13(1) | 20 business daysACT s 19(2) |
| NT | 10 business daysNT Sch 1 cl 6(2)(a) (implied where the contract is silent) | 20 business daysNT Sch 1 cl 6(2)(b) | None in the Act |
Not legal advice. These are statutory defaults. Verify every date against the relevant Security of Payment Act and your contract.
On a real job, you do not type any of this
YourCA reads your head contract, works out the dates it puts on you and warns you before each one closes: claim day three days out, a variation notice window two days before it shuts, their payment schedule the day it is late. Every figure shows the clause it came from.
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