Course overview

Payment Claims and Payment Schedules in New Zealand is for people preparing, checking or responding to claims for construction payment. It focuses on the day-to-day process under the Construction Contracts Act 2002 and its relationship with the project’s agreed payment terms.

Participants examine how to recognise a payment claim, establish the response deadline and allocate responsibility for preparing and issuing a payment schedule. They consider how contractual assessment and the statutory payment process fit together when the amount is disputed.

Participants work through a sample claim and response. They check the information provided, examine the reasons for a reduced assessment and organise the records needed to explain the position. The exercise also tests how the organisation handles receipt, responsibility and escalation.

What the course covers

Topics include:

Understanding the payment process

The role of the Construction Contracts Act 2002
Contractual payment terms and statutory procedures
Distinguishing ordinary invoices from payment claims
Identifying the people responsible for each step

Preparing a payment claim

Identifying the work and the amount claimed
Calculations, supporting records and required information
The prescribed notice accompanying payment claims
Service and evidence of delivery

Preparing a payment schedule

Recognising the response deadline
Stating the scheduled amount and explaining differences
Reasons for withholding payment and supporting assessments
Internal review, authority and timely issue

Managing missed steps and disagreement

Consequences of failing to respond properly or on time
Keeping a reliable receipt and deadline register
An overview of adjudication and payment enforcement
When to seek advice and what information to provide

Course delivery

Training is delivered face-to-face, in-house, for organisations in New Zealand. The course runs over one day, with dates agreed before delivery.

This is an entry-level course. No previous formal training in the subject is required.

Examples are tailored to the attendees’ role as payer, payee or contract administrator. The course covers New Zealand procedures; Australian security of payment legislation is not treated as interchangeable with the New Zealand Act.