Contractors Working in New South Wales beware of significant changes to the Building & Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 1999 (“SOPA”) Significant amendments have been made to SOPA which came into effect on 21 October 2019. Under the new sections 13(1A) to 13(1C) of the SOPA “reference dates” have been abolished and the process […]
Beware Contractors of new amendments in pipeline for the Queensland Building Industry Fairness (Security of Payment) Act 2017 The amendments are likely to be passed and come into effect this year. Significantly the new amendments will entitle contractors who have obtained an adjudication award to register a charge over property owned by the other party […]