The Protection of Repayment Act grants an entitlement to advance settlements, whether or not a contract offers them, and establishes a procedure for responding and making to payment claims, adjudication of disputed claims and recovery of payments.

As an example, in Queensland a case can be made up to 6 months after the job has been supplied (unless otherwise specified in the agreement) however in New South Wales a claim can be made up to year after the job has been provided.

For a progress settlement, Bookmarks an insurance claim needs to be made within 6 months of the work being done or the period defined in the contract. Job", for a contract, entails competent or inexperienced labour done by a person in the building and construction, decoration, modification or fixing of a building; excavation; and the demolition, removal or relocation of a structure.

An arbitrator will analyze the settlement case and may request written entries from the parties. Effective resolution of disagreements for the structure and building sector. The Structure Industry Justness (Protection of Repayment) Act 2017 provides a debt-recovery process for that operate in the building and construction market in Queensland.