---
title: "Victorian payment schedule checks"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/construction-and-infrastructure/vic-payment-schedule-checks"
type: "precedent"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "a11-vic-payment-schedule-checks"
area_id: "A11"
kind: "checklist"
ai_level: "yellow"
version: 1
task_ids: ["A11-T1-R2", "A11-B8-1"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-22"
---

# Victorian payment schedule checks

> Checks for a Victorian payment schedule: the 10 business day period, what the schedule must state, and the Commission's statement of the consequence of missing it.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/construction-and-infrastructure/vic-payment-schedule-checks  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-22

Site index for agents: https://ailawframework.com/llms.txt

## Key facts

- Kind: Checklist. Steps or checks to work through and tick off.
- Practice area: [Construction & Infrastructure](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/construction-and-infrastructure.md)
- Jurisdictions: Victoria
- AI level: Yellow. You and the tool draft together, with you directing. You check every statement you rely on.
- Law stated as at: 2026-10-22
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-22 against the authority it cites, for Victoria.

## When to use it

Use when a respondent has been served with a Victorian payment claim and does not agree to pay the claimed amount by the due date. If the respondent agrees, the Commission page says to pay the amount in full on or before the due date.

## Used for these tasks

- [Draft the payment schedule and adjudication response](https://ailawframework.com/practice/construction-and-infrastructure/draft-the-payment-schedule-and-adjudication-response.md)
- [Check AI-drafted payment claims and schedules against the security-of-payment Act](https://ailawframework.com/practice/construction-and-infrastructure/check-ai-drafted-payment-claims-and-schedules-against-the-security-of-pa.md)

## How AI may be used

AI may calculate the tenth business day from the service date once the lawyer has set what a business day is under the Act. It must not write the reasons for withholding.

**AI may:**

- Enter the date the payment claim was served and list a candidate tenth business day for the lawyer to confirm
- Check that a draft schedule identifies the claim and states a scheduled amount
- Flag a draft that gives no reason where the scheduled amount is less than the claimed amount

**AI must not:**

- Must not write the reasons for withholding or for a lower amount
- Must not decide the due date for payment
- Must not say that a missed schedule can be cured except by recording the section 18(2) step the Commission describes

**The lawyer checks:**

- Business day is counted as the Act counts it. This page does not define the term
- The contract is checked for a shorter period than 10 business days
- Each reason is one the respondent can support from the contract and the facts

## Authorities

- [Building and Plumbing Commission, Responding to a payment claim under the SOP Act (read 22 October 2026)](https://www.bpc.vic.gov.au/builders/security-of-payment/responding-to-a-payment-claim-under-the-sop-act)

## Full text and drafting notes

The full text and the drafting notes are not part of this public page. Signed-in firm accounts can read them at https://ailawframework.com/precedents/construction-and-infrastructure/vic-payment-schedule-checks and through the signed-in MCP connector https://ailawframework.com/mcp/firm.

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