Construction adjudication deadline
Construction adjudication slip-rule correction deadline guide
Under the Scheme, an adjudicator may correct a clerical or typographical error arising by accident or omission, but any correction must be made within five days of delivery of the decision to the parties.
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What this source guide covers
- Period
- Five days for the adjudicator to make a correction
- Trigger
- Delivery of the decision to the parties
- Direction
- Forward from delivery of the decision
- Counting method
- The five-day limit applies to making the correction. The provision does not prescribe the same fixed deadline for a party to ask for one.
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- 03/08/2026
Start with 03/08/2026 as the delivery of the decision to the parties. The calculator applies the five-day limit applies to making the correction. the provision does not prescribe the same fixed deadline for a party to ask for one. and housing grants, construction and regeneration act 1996, section 116 applies to statutory day counts, but the delivery facts and any contractual correction provision must be checked. before it shows the cited output and the checks that may change it.
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How the date is counted
The five-day limit applies to making the correction. The provision does not prescribe the same fixed deadline for a party to ask for one.
Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996, section 116 applies to statutory day counts, but the delivery facts and any contractual correction provision must be checked.
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Exceptions and matter facts
- Paragraph 22A is limited to a clerical or typographical error arising by accident or omission; it is not a route to reargue the merits.
- Check the contract and the delivered decision. A corrected decision forms part of the decision under paragraph 22A(4).
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