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title: "Calculate the Victorian adjudication application, response and determination dates"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/construction-and-infrastructure/draft-the-payment-schedule-and-adjudication-response/victoria"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A11-SOP-VIC-2"
practice_area: "Construction & Infrastructure"
tier: "red"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["VIC"]
last_reviewed: "2026-09-23"
---

# Calculate the Victorian adjudication application, response and determination dates

> Extract the date the payment schedule was received, the due date for payment, and the date of any section 18(2) notice into a list of adjudication triggers.

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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 date the payment schedule was received, the due date for payment, and the date of any section 18(2) notice into a list of adjudication triggers. |
| What the lawyer must review | Choose the path and calculate each date from Authorised Version No. 015 Do not assume a single 10 business day period covers every application |
| Written for | Victoria |
| 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 18 sets three different lodgement times. The response is the later of two short periods, and the determination time in section 22(4) runs from appointment and from the last day for a response. Review adjudication is repealed.

- What the AI does: Extract the date the payment schedule was received, the due date for payment, and the date of any section 18(2) notice into a list of adjudication triggers.
- What the lawyer does: Choose the section 18 path from the facts, calculate the lodgement, service, response and determination dates, and decide whether a new application under section 28 is still open.
- Who reviews: Lawyer competent in the matter and the forum
- Basis: Security of payment research on 22 September 2026. Confirm the instrument is still the in-force version.
- Why: The traffic light follows the consequence of missing a statutory payment or adjudication time.
- Restriction: The lawyer leads this decision. Assistance stays inside the preparation described for the task.

## Checks the lawyer makes

1. Open sections 18, 21, 22 and 28 of Authorised Version No. 015 and the Building and Plumbing Commission SOP adjudication page. Treat review adjudication as repealed unless section 54(6) saves an application already made.
2. Date lodgement from the path that applies: 10 business days after receipt of the schedule, 10 business days after the due date for payment, or a section 18(2) notice within 10 business days after the due date and then lodgement within 5 business days after the end of the 5 business day period in section 18(2)(b).
3. Serve the copy within 3 business days after lodgement. Put the response at the later of 5 business days after the respondent receives the application and 2 business days after notice of acceptance, and only where a payment schedule was served in time.
4. Put the determination at 10 business days after the later of appointment under section 20 and the last day for a response, or within a further agreed time not exceeding 20 business days after that period. If no acceptance notice arrives within 4 business days after the adjudicator receives the application, section 28 allows a new application within 5 business days after the right to withdraw arises.

## 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: Victoria

**Deliverable**: A dated adjudication path: which limb of section 18 applies, the lodgement date, the date for serving the copy, the response date, and the section 22(4) determination date.

**Inputs**

- The payment claim, any payment schedule, and the due date already calculated
- Any section 18(2) notice and the date the respondent received it
- Authorised Version No. 015, sections 18, 21, 22 and 28
- The Building and Plumbing Commission SOP adjudication page

**Example**: The claimant receives a payment schedule on Monday for less than the claimed amount. Section 18(3)(c) requires the application to be lodged within 10 business days after that receipt, and section 18(5) requires a copy on the respondent within 3 business days after lodgement. The response is then the later of 5 business days after the respondent receives the application and 2 business days after notice of acceptance.

**Stop and escalate when**

- The application is being lodged on one 10 business day count when no payment schedule was served. That path needs the section 18(2) notice and the later lodgement time in section 18(3)(e).
- The claim is a performance security claim and section 18A has not been opened. Section 18A states the parallel 10, 5 and 3 business day periods for that claim.
- The response includes a reason that was not in a payment schedule served in time, or a response is being prepared where no schedule was served.
- A review adjudication is being prepared. Division 2A and the definition of adjudication review application are repealed. Section 54(6) saves only a review application made and not determined before the repeal commenced.

Checked 2026-09-22.

## Sources

- [Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 2002 (Vic), Authorised Version No. 015, as at 24 June 2026](https://content.legislation.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-06/02-15aa015-authorised.pdf) (checked 2026-09-22)
- [Victorian legislation: Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 2002, version 015, in force from 24 June 2026](https://www.legislation.vic.gov.au/in-force/acts/building-and-construction-industry-security-payment-act-2002/015) (checked 2026-09-22)
- [Building and Plumbing Commission: SOP adjudication](https://www.bpc.vic.gov.au/builders/security-of-payment/sop-adjudication) (checked 2026-09-22)
- [Building and Plumbing Commission: Changes to the SOP scheme, page updated 30 June 2026](https://www.bpc.vic.gov.au/builders/security-of-payment/changes-to-the-sop-act/changes-to-the-sop-scheme) (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.*