---
title: "Prepare a New South Wales payment schedule from reasons the lawyer will include"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/construction-and-infrastructure/draft-the-payment-schedule-and-adjudication-response/new-south-wales"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A11-SOP-NSW-2"
practice_area: "Construction & Infrastructure"
tier: "red"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["NSW"]
last_reviewed: "2026-09-23"
---

# Prepare a New South Wales payment schedule from reasons the lawyer will include

> Extract the claimed amount, the date the claim was served and the respondent’s instructed reasons into a payment-schedule shell.

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Last reviewed: 2026-09-23

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Construction & Infrastructure](https://ailawframework.com/practice/construction-and-infrastructure.md) |
| Human involvement | Red: Lawyer writes; AI may check, clarify or collect data |
| How AI is used | Extract the claimed amount, the date the claim was served and the respondent’s instructed reasons into a payment-schedule shell. |
| What the lawyer must review | Fix the scheduled amount and each withholding reason Approve the schedule that is sent Remember a reason not in the schedule is not available in the adjudication response |
| Written for | New South Wales |
| Applies to | [Draft the payment schedule and adjudication response](https://ailawframework.com/practice/construction-and-infrastructure/draft-the-payment-schedule-and-adjudication-response.md) |

## Checking plan

**Lawyer-led judgement**

Section 14 makes the respondent liable for the claimed amount if no payment schedule is provided by the earlier of the contract time and 10 business days. Reasons left out of the schedule stay out of the adjudication response.

- What the AI does: Extract the claimed amount, the date the claim was served and the respondent’s instructed reasons into a payment-schedule shell.
- What the lawyer does: Set the scheduled amount and every reason for withholding, choose the service time, and approve the schedule that is sent.
- Who reviews: Lawyer competent in the matter and this security-of-payment statute
- Basis: Read on 22 September 2026 from the NSW in-force Act, ACT Republication No 14 effective 6 December 2025, and the linked government pages. Confirm the instrument is still current.
- Why: The traffic light follows the consequence of serving a payment claim or payment schedule on the wrong date, or with the wrong contents.
- Restriction: The lawyer leads this decision. Assistance stays inside the preparation described for the task.

## Checks the lawyer makes

1. Record the date the payment claim was served under section 31 and count business days as defined in section 4. Section 14(4) uses the time the contract requires, or 10 business days after service, whichever expires earlier.
2. Make the schedule identify the payment claim and indicate the scheduled amount. If that amount is less than the claimed amount, state why, and state each reason for withholding payment.
3. If the section 14(4) time was missed, use the section 17(2)(b) opportunity only after the claimant’s written notice: 5 business days after the respondent receives that notice. Keep the notice itself inside 20 business days immediately following the due date.
4. Before any adjudication response is lodged, check section 20. A response is available only if the payment schedule was provided in time under section 14(4) or section 17(2)(b), and it cannot add a withholding reason. Lodge it by the later of 5 business days after receipt of the application and 2 business days after notice of acceptance.

## Notes

- Suggested working checks from the linked public source. Read that source before you rely on the check. This is not a record that the check has been done.

## Practical guide

Jurisdiction: New South Wales

**Deliverable**: A payment schedule that identifies the claim, states the scheduled amount, and states the reasons the lawyer has approved, or a note that no schedule will be sent and why.

**Inputs**

- The payment claim and the date it was served
- The construction contract’s payment-schedule clause
- The respondent’s instructions on the amount and the reasons
- The in-force Act, sections 14, 17 and 20

**Example**: A contract that requires the payment schedule within 5 business days expires before the 10-business-day period in section 14(4)(ii). Section 14(4) uses whichever of those times expires earlier.

**Stop and escalate when**

- The schedule is planned as a flat 10 business days because the NSW Government table cites only section 14(4)(ii).
- A withholding reason is added in the adjudication response after being left out of the payment schedule.
- The adjudication-response time is taken as either 5 or 2 business days. Section 20(1) uses whichever of those times expires later.

Checked 2026-09-22.

## Sources

- [Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 1999 (NSW), in-force compilation](https://legislation.nsw.gov.au/view/whole/html/inforce/current/act-1999-046) (checked 2026-09-22)
- [NSW Government: About Security of Payment for construction contractors](https://www.nsw.gov.au/housing-and-construction/compliance-and-regulation/security-of-payment/about) (checked 2026-09-22)

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*