Due Date Calculator

This tool helps calculate key deadlines under the Building Industry Fairness (Security of Payment) Act 2017 (Qld) (BIF Act). By using this tool, you acknowledge and agree to the disclaimer below.

BIF Act, Schedule 2 – Definition of 'business day'

business day does not include—

(a) a Saturday or Sunday; or

(b) a public holiday, special holiday or bank holiday in the place in which any relevant act is to be or may be done; or

(i) 22 to 24 December;

(ii) 27 to 31 December;

(iii) 2 to 10 January.

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Choose a calculation and enter the relevant date(s).

Relevant Provision: section 76

76 Responding to payment claim

(1) If given a payment claim, a respondent must respond to the payment claim by giving the claimant a payment schedule within whichever of the following periods ends first—

(a) the period, if any, within which the respondent must give the payment schedule under the relevant construction contract;

(b) 15 business days after the payment claim is given to the respondent.

Date Payment Claim Given

Relevant Provision: section 79

79 Application for adjudication

(2) An adjudication application—

(b) must be made within—

(i) for an application relating to a failure to give a payment schedule and pay the full amount stated in the payment claim—30 business days after the later of the following days—

(A) the day of the due date for the progress payment to which the claim relates;

(B) the last day the respondent could have given the payment schedule under section 76; or

(ii) for an application relating to a failure to pay the full amount stated in the payment schedule—20 business days after the due date for the progress payment to which the claim relates; or

(iii) for an application relating to the amount stated in the payment schedule being less than the amount stated in the payment claim—30 business days after the claimant receives the payment schedule

Reason for Application (select one):

Date Payment Schedule Received

Due Date for Progress Payment

Last Day to Provide Schedule

Relevant Provision: section 83

83 Time for making adjudication response

(1) If responding to a standard payment claim, the respondent must give the adjudicator the adjudication response within the later of the following periods to end—

(a) 10 business days after receiving the documents mentioned in section 79(4);

(b) 7 business days after receiving notice of the adjudicator’s acceptance of the adjudication application.

(2) If responding to a complex payment claim, the respondent must give the adjudicator the adjudication response within the later of the following to end—

(a) 15 business days after receiving the documents mentioned in section 79(4);

(b) 12 business days after receiving notice of the adjudicator’s acceptance of the adjudication application.

Date Adjudication Application Received

Date Adjudicator's Acceptance Received

Claim Type

Standard Claim (up to and including $750,000) Complex Claim (over $750,000)

Relevant Provision: section 85

85 Time for deciding adjudication application

(1) Subject to section 86, an adjudicator must decide an adjudication application no later than—

(a) for a standard payment claim—10 business days after the response date; or

(b) for a complex payment claim—15 business days after the response date.

(2) The response date is—

(a) if the adjudicator is given an adjudication response under section 83—the day on which the adjudicator receives the response...

Note: This calculation does not account for any extension of time that may be agreed by the parties under section 86 of the BIF Act.

Date Adjudication Response Given

Claim Type

Standard Claim (up to and including $750,000) Complex Claim (over $750,000)

Disclaimer

This due date calculator is provided as a guide only and should not be relied upon as a substitute for professional legal advice. The calculations are based on the BIF Act provisions and the inputs you provide. Public holiday and Christmas shutdown period data is based on publicly available information for Queensland and may not be exhaustive or account for all regional variations or future changes. Additionally, public holidays can be declared on short notice by public order, which may not be reflected in this calculator. Show holiday dates for future years are often not gazetted far in advance, making long-term calculations potentially unreliable.

Users must independently verify all dates and deadlines before taking any action. Sopal provides no warranty and accepts no liability for any loss or damage arising from the use of this calculator.